| 100% | SANTA | 5 | With 45-Across, largest city in California's wine country |
| 63% | NAPA | 4 | City in California’s wine country |
| 50% | NAPA | 4 | Valley in California's wine country |
| 50% | SONOMA | 6 | County in California's Wine Country |
| 49% | SONOMA | 6 | Town in California’s wine country |
| 46% | LOS | 3 | ___ Angeles, largest city in California |
| 44% | TORONTO | 7 | Largest city in the second-largest country |
| 44% | DUBAI | 5 | Largest city in UAE with Burj Khalifa |
| 44% | FRESNO | 6 | 5th largest city in California and largest city Central Valley |
| 43% | SANDIEGO | 8 | City in California near the border with Mexico |
| 43% | DONTBIGEMPTY | 12 | With 45 Across, a query put to Bob Hope in 1939's The Cat and the Canary |
| 42% | SANTA | 5 | With 51-Down, city in California's Orange County |
| 42% | DIEGO | 5 | San ___, city in California with a stellar skyline |
| 42% | TURKEYDINNERWITH | 16 | With 45 Across, what male foxes look forward to in November? |
| 42% | OXNARD | 6 | US city in California associated with the strawberry industry |
| 41% | FRESNO | 6 | Largest inland city in California |
| 40% | BOHEMIAN | 8 | With 45-Across, 1976 Queen hit used in "Wayne's World" |
| 40% | BERGEN | 6 | City in Hordaland, Norway; second largest in the country |
| 40% | FRESNO | 6 | City in California's San Joaquin Valley |
| 40% | HANSEN | 6 | ___ Dam Recreation Area, site in California with one of the largest swimming pools in the U.S. |
| 40% | DIEGO | 5 | San ___ (second-largest city in California) |
| 39% | OXNARD | 6 | City in Ventura County, California, US, associated with the strawberry industry |
| 39% | IRVINE | 6 | Planned city in California's Orange County |
| 39% | ANA | 3 | Santa ___, city in California's Orange County |
| 38% | ISTANBUL | 8 | Largest city in Europe, Turkey's cultural capital |
| 38% | TELAVIV | 7 | Largest city in Israel's Gush Dan bloc |
| 38% | VANCOUVER | 9 | Largest city in Canada's British Columbia district |
| 38% | PALO | 4 | With "Alto," a city in California |
| 38% | XENIA | 5 | Ohio city that's the largest in the U.S. that starts with its letter |
| 38% | AMIENS | 6 | City in Somme, France, whose Gothic cathedral is the largest in the country |