| 100% | ELMS | 4 | Trees that New Haven, Connecticut is known for |
| 55% | PIZZA | 5 | Food that New Haven and New York are noted for |
| 48% | BALANCE | 7 | New ___, brand that is known for making comfortable footwear and apparel |
| 48% | MAPLE | 5 | Tree that is known for its fall foliage and as a source of a syrup enjoyed with pancakes |
| 44% | PIE | 3 | Dessert that Marie Callender's is known for |
| 44% | INNS | 4 | Lodgings that New Hampshire is famous for |
| 43% | MARDIGRAS | 9 | New Orleans is known for these Fat Tuesday parades |
| 43% | MARDIGRAS | 9 | New Orleans is known for this vibrant parade event |
| 42% | YEWS | 4 | Certain trees that are a homophone for 48-Across |
| 42% | AZALEA | 6 | Flower that Valdosta, Georgia is known for |
| 42% | STEEL | 5 | Metal that Pittsburgh is known for |
| 42% | HAM | 3 | Meat that Virginia is known for |
| 42% | RAIN | 4 | Weather that Seattle is known for |
| 41% | LEE | 3 | Stan ___, writer known for Marvel Comics who is a New Yorker |
| 41% | ELMTREE | 7 | A tree that is the state symbol for Massachusetts: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SALMON | 6 | Fish that is known for swimming upstream to spawn |
| 41% | HAT | 3 | Clothing accessory that Queen Elizabeth is known for |
| 41% | FOG | 3 | Driving hazard that San Francisco is known for |
| 41% | BODYSPRAY | 9 | Product that Axe is known for: 2 wds. |
| 41% | IRONY | 5 | Literary device that O. Henry is known for |
| 40% | WRESTLING | 9 | Entertaining combat that the Rock was known for |
| 40% | LIAM | 4 | ___ Payne, member of the boy band One Direction who is known for his single "Strip That Down" |
| 40% | MARV | 4 | ___ Albert, American sportscaster known for being "the voice of the New York Knicks" |
| 40% | YORK | 4 | New New ___, fictional futuristic city that is the setting for "Futurama" |
| 40% | HLN | 3 | Cable network that was formerly known as Headline News |
| 40% | PEACH | 5 | Fuzzy fruit that Georgia is known for |
| 40% | WIND | 4 | Weather condition that Chicago is known for |
| 40% | SALSA | 5 | Music that Celia Cruz was known for |
| 40% | EDEN | 4 | Site of "every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food" |
| 40% | EDEN | 4 | It contained "every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food" |