First choose any state by typing its abbreviation (i.e. ‘CA’). Then, fill in the 25 squares with 3 cities from that state based on the categories in the top row and the first letter or geographical location given in the cell. For example, if you have chosen ‘CA’ and are looking at a cell with ‘S’ in its row, and ‘2+ Words’ in the column, that cell can be filled in with ‘San Jose.’

The regions ‘Northern 1/4’, ‘Southern 1/4’, ‘Western 1/4’ and ‘Eastern 1/4’ refer to the that portion of the state based on its extreme latitude and longitudes. So if a state has a latitude range of 30 to 36, the ‘Northern 1/4’ refers to cities in the range of 34.5-36 degrees latitude, and the ‘Southern 1/4’ refers to cities in the range of 30-31.5 latitude.

Occasionally a cell may not have any qualifying answer, in which case it will be filled in bright green and be a gimme. Cells with two answers left will have a very dark green background, those with one answer left more of an evergreen shade, and finally bright green for those which have been completed. Some cells with only 1 or 2 valid answers will start with a green shade corresponding to how many answers are left.

hugequiz Premium members will see missed answers in red – they will be the largest city which qualified in each cell. Only one answer will be shown per cell.