| 100% | CHESS | 5 | "Life is a kind of ___": Benjamin Franklin |
| 60% | COTTA | 5 | Terra-___ is a kind of clay |
| 58% | LIMA | 4 | World capital whose name is a kind of bean |
| 58% | GUESS | 5 | American denim brand; name is a kind of answer |
| 57% | OSU | 3 | Big Ten sch. whose mascot is a kind of seed |
| 57% | HUNDRED | 7 | Bill with a portrait of Benjamin Franklin |
| 56% | REDRUM | 6 | Three-time Grand National champion whose name is a kind of liquor |
| 56% | ART | 3 | "All ___ is a kind of confession, more or less oblique": James Baldwin |
| 56% | RAGU | 4 | A kind of pasta sauce which is also a brand |
| 56% | KOI | 3 | A kind of fish, after which the pond is named |
| 56% | DROWNING | 8 | A kind of man who will clutch at a straw |
| 56% | CHERRIES | 8 | Life is just a bowl of __ |
| 56% | APE | 3 | Kind of animal a gibbon is |
| 55% | MIKETROUT | 9 | MLB center fielder whose last name is a kind of fish: 2 wds. |
| 55% | RYE | 3 | A kind of sandwich bread which is an alternative to white |
| 55% | JERRYRICE | 9 | Retired NFL wide receiver whose last name is a kind of grain: 2 wds. |
| 55% | STEPHENCURRY | 12 | NBA point guard whose last name is a kind of Indian dish: 2 wds. |
| 54% | YEW | 3 | A kind of wood that is used for bows (rhymes with "new") |
| 54% | ORCA | 4 | A kind of Killer Whale, which is Black and White in color |
| 54% | MENTAL | 6 | Kind of health a psychologist is concerned with |
| 54% | LANTERN | 7 | Jack-o'-___, which is a kind of carved pumpkin and a common sight on Halloween |
| 54% | CANE | 4 | Sugar___, a kind of grass that is used to make sugar |
| 53% | ORAL | 4 | Kind of hygiene a dentist might be interested in |
| 53% | SENECACRANE | 11 | Head Gamemaker in "The Hunger Games" whose last name is a kind of bird: 2 wds. |
| 53% | SLEET | 5 | A kind of weather condition where ice pellets are mixed with rain and snow |
| 53% | BOLO | 4 | Kind of tie that is a cord with a clasp |
| 53% | GULL | 4 | Kind of bird likely to be spotted around a beach |
| 53% | ROMANCE | 7 | Kind of novel for which Fabio was a cover model |
| 52% | AUNT | 4 | Uncle’s wife is a nut, kind of |
| 52% | ASPS | 4 | A kind of viper found near the Nile, which are symbols of Egyptian royalty: Plural |