| 100% | HERRINGTONE | 11 | A silvery color (or red, in a whodunit)? |
| 53% | APE | 3 | Caesar, Red, or Cornelius, in a 2017 summer movie |
| 52% | CLAM | 4 | Mollusk in a red or white chowder |
| 52% | CLAM | 4 | Mollusk in a red or white linguine sauce |
| 51% | GREENS | 6 | Putting areas in golf, or shades of a color |
| 50% | WENT | 4 | Painted the town red, in a way ... or successfully completed this puzzle? |
| 50% | NEUTRAL | 7 | In art, a color not warm or cool |
| 48% | RUBRIC | 6 | Heading or initial letter in a manuscript printed or painted in red ink |
| 48% | FONT | 4 | Word before Size, Color or Style, while talking about text in a computer |
| 47% | CAB | 3 | Certain red ... or, in another context, something associated with the color yellow |
| 45% | REP | 3 | A single squat or lunge in a gym, for example |
| 45% | ALCOVE | 6 | A recess, niche or nook in a house |
| 45% | GREEN | 5 | Color often spotted in a salad |
| 45% | PEA | 3 | Colored vegetable found in a pod |
| 45% | PERP | 4 | Doer in a whodunit |
| 45% | CORPSE | 6 | Body in a whodunit |
| 45% | CLUE | 4 | Hint in a whodunit |
| 44% | BUTLER | 6 | Who often "did it" in a whodunit |
| 44% | GENERALMUSTARD | 14 | Suspect in a whodunit game? |
| 44% | MOTIVE | 6 | The "why" in a whodunit |
| 44% | OSSIA | 5 | Or, in a musical score |
| 44% | MUTATION | 8 | A change or alteration in a genetic structure |
| 44% | OPTICIAN | 8 | A maker of or dealer in optical items |
| 44% | CANYON | 6 | A deep crevasse or impression in the earth |
| 44% | NEON | 4 | Glows red in a vacuum tube |
| 44% | VIBE | 4 | Feeling or atmosphere in a room |
| 44% | ADAMS | 5 | Second or sixth in a series |
| 44% | EPILOGUE | 8 | Afterword or addendum in a book |
| 44% | CLAUSES | 7 | Provisions or conditions in a contract |
| 44% | FENESTRA | 8 | Opening or hole in a bone |