| 100% | BLOOM | 5 | "The tree is in full ___" (filled with flowers) |
| 57% | MADLIB | 6 | Story with blanks to be filled in by the reader |
| 56% | CERCIS | 6 | Small garden tree with purple leaves that flowers in the summer |
| 55% | YLANGYLANG | 10 | Asian tree with fragrant greenish-yellow flowers whose oil is used in perfumery |
| 54% | YEW | 3 | Tree that was the source of the poison in Christie's A Pocket Full of Rye |
| 51% | ITO | 3 | Judge whose last name, with an added space, can also fill in the blank in "Who am ___ judge?" |
| 50% | LUCY | 4 | She was in the sky with diamonds |
| 49% | BANYAN | 6 | ___ tree, large fig species with aerial roots that is amongst the largest trees in the world |
| 49% | LEGALITY | 8 | Quality of being in accordance with the law |
| 49% | UPDATE | 6 | Fill in with the latest information |
| 48% | MISSPIGGY | 9 | Muppet who is in love with Kermit the Frog |
| 48% | BLOSSOMS | 8 | The flowers on trees in the springtime |
| 48% | EDEN | 4 | Where the tree of life is located, in the Bible |
| 48% | JACARANDA | 9 | Tree with lilac flowers, found in warm climates |
| 47% | ELM | 3 | Tree associated with the underworld in Celtic mythology |
| 47% | ELMS | 4 | Trees associated with the underworld in Celtic myth |
| 47% | REEVES | 6 | George whose main film debut was in "Gone With the Wind" |
| 47% | PANSY | 5 | Flower with dark markings in the middle of petals |
| 45% | ROSE | 4 | Flower that is also a popular character in the film "Titanic" |
| 45% | PETALS | 6 | Flower parts that may be scattered in the aisle at weddings |
| 45% | BLOSSOM | 7 | Spring in Japan is signaled by the cherry __ tree |
| 45% | CROSSWORD | 9 | Puzzle containing squares to be filled in with letters |
| 45% | KEEBLER | 7 | Brand with cartoon workers in the Hollow Tree Factory |
| 45% | EDEN | 4 | Place with a tree of immortality in the Quran |
| 45% | TANGERINE | 9 | Citrus trees in Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds |
| 45% | MIRROR | 6 | Michael Jackson is "starting with the man in" this |
| 45% | TULIP | 5 | Five-lettered flower that is famous in the Netherlands |
| 45% | PLAGUEPIT | 9 | Where bodies with buboes were interred in the past |
| 45% | ELM | 3 | Over 50% of the trees in NYC's Central Park are of this variety |
| 45% | SPACE | 5 | With 6-Across, sort whose head is way up in the clouds |