| 100% | CHI | 3 | With 4-Across, another nickname for the Windy City |
| 63% | CHITOWN | 7 | Nickname for the Windy City |
| 61% | CHITOWN | 7 | Alternate nickname for the Windy City |
| 57% | NOLA | 4 | Another nickname for the city sometimes called "the Big Easy" |
| 55% | BIG | 3 | With 4-Across, nickname for New York City |
| 54% | CHI | 3 | ___-Town (nickname for The Windy City) |
| 53% | FRAN | 4 | San ___ (unpopular nickname for the city with the Golden Gate Bridge) |
| 50% | ARNIE | 5 | Another nickname for the Governator |
| 49% | NOLA | 4 | Another nickname for the Big Easy |
| 49% | LITTLERHODY | 11 | Another nickname for the Ocean State |
| 49% | AFC | 3 | With 4-Across, football division for the Ravens and Browns |
| 48% | THE | 3 | With 4-Across, nickname for a progressive cohort in Congress |
| 48% | PRO | 3 | With 4- and 7-Across, both sides ... or the missing starts for all the remaining Across answers |
| 48% | LOU | 3 | Nickname for Missouri's second-largest city, with "the" |
| 47% | CHI | 3 | The Windy City, for short |
| 47% | RUNFORTHEROSES | 14 | With "The," nickname for the Kentucky Derby (4 wds.) |
| 47% | REDBIRDS | 8 | Nickname for the Cardinals, with "the" |
| 46% | FINS | 4 | Nickname for the Miami Dolphins, with "the" |
| 46% | BUSH | 4 | Nickname for the Australian outback, with "the" |
| 46% | NOLA | 4 | Nickname for the city that hosts Mardi Gras |
| 46% | LINC | 4 | Nickname for the Philadelphia Eagles' stadium, with "the" |
| 46% | LINC | 4 | Nickname for the Philadelphia Eagles stadium, with "the" |
| 45% | SWAMP | 5 | Nickname for the Florida Gators football stadium, with "the" |
| 45% | DICKYBOW | 8 | Nickname for the tie worn with a dress shirt |
| 44% | BELTWAY | 7 | Nickname for the road that circles Washington, D.C., with "the" |
| 44% | HOTLANTA | 8 | Another moniker for the Empire City of the South |
| 44% | CHI | 3 | ___-Town, nickname for the most populous city in Illinois |
| 44% | OLD | 3 | With 20-Across, nickname for the American flag |
| 43% | ARNIE | 5 | Another nickname for "The Governator" |
| 43% | MELC | 4 | Another nickname for Sporty Spice, one of the Spice Girls: 2 wds. |