| 100% | IDEAS | 5 | "Intelligence ... is really a kind of taste -- taste in ___": Susan Sontag |
| 47% | ORCA | 4 | A kind of Killer Whale, which is Black and White in color |
| 45% | OPENTOE | 7 | Kind of shoe that shouldn't be worn in a factory |
| 45% | LASER | 5 | Kind of surgery in which a powerful beam of light is used |
| 44% | SENECACRANE | 11 | Head Gamemaker in "The Hunger Games" whose last name is a kind of bird: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JACKSPARROW | 11 | Rakish captain in "Pirates of the Caribbean" whose last name is a kind of bird: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ATTICUSFINCH | 12 | Justice-minded lawyer in "To Kill a Mockingbird" whose last name is a kind of bird: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SWEET | 5 | The kind of dishes that are served before fruits in a multi-course meal |
| 42% | ALE | 3 | A kind of lager found in English pubs |
| 42% | PANCETTA | 8 | A kind of bacon used in Italian cuisine |
| 41% | ACORN | 5 | Nut that is also a kind of squash |
| 41% | FOLIC | 5 | ___ acid, a kind of acid found in vegetables |
| 40% | HEPA | 4 | A kind of air filter, in many vacuums: Abbr. |
| 40% | TONER | 5 | A kind of cartridge in a photocopier |
| 40% | LIBEL | 5 | Kind of suit found in a courtroom |
| 40% | TORSION | 7 | Kind of spring found in a mousetrap |
| 40% | LIMA | 4 | Capital of Peru which is also a kind of bean |
| 40% | APPLETURNOVER | 13 | "I don't really know the employees in the tech store anymore because there's been a lot of ___" |
| 40% | PUER | 4 | A kind of fermented tea, common in China |
| 40% | COTTA | 5 | Terra-___ is a kind of clay |
| 40% | RIV | 3 | Kind of "vu" in a classified |
| 39% | BLESSING | 8 | A negative is really a positive, a __ in disguise |
| 39% | BUNDT | 5 | Kind of cake made in a ring-shaped pan |
| 39% | CHESS | 5 | "Life is a kind of ___": Benjamin Franklin |
| 39% | RAGU | 4 | A kind of pasta sauce which is also a brand |
| 39% | DROWNING | 8 | A kind of man who will clutch at a straw |
| 39% | KOI | 3 | A kind of fish, after which the pond is named |
| 39% | ASP | 3 | A kind of viper that heavily features in Egyptian mythology |
| 39% | ALE | 3 | A kind of craft beer often offered in English pubs |
| 39% | APE | 3 | Kind of animal a gibbon is |