| 100% | BRANT | 5 | A small goose whose head and neck are mostly black |
| 39% | RUFF | 4 | Wading bird with a small head whose female is called a reeve |
| 38% | RUFF | 4 | Medium-sized wading bird with a small head whose female is called a reeve |
| 34% | MRMET | 5 | Mascot whose head is a baseball |
| 32% | MOP | 3 | One whose head may be stuck in a bucket |
| 32% | PEABRAIN | 8 | Numbskull whose head is compared to a legume: Hyph. |
| 32% | COALTIT | 7 | Small European songbird with a black head and a white patch on the nape |
| 32% | INSECTS | 7 | Small arthropods with a head, thorax, and abdomen |
| 32% | BOBOLINKS | 9 | Small songbirds whose group name is a chain |
| 31% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic poem whose subject is "a black ocean, leaping and wide" |
| 31% | ORCA | 4 | Black and white "whale" that is actually a dolphin |
| 31% | SMEWS | 5 | Ducks whose males are black and white |
| 31% | EBONY | 5 | Magazine whose name is a black hardwood |
| 31% | MRMET | 5 | New York MLB mascot whose head is a giant baseball (2 wds.) |
| 31% | EMPANADA | 8 | A "domino" one is filled with black beans and cheese |
| 31% | METS | 4 | Team whose mascot's head is a baseball |
| 31% | METS | 4 | Team whose mascot's head is a ball |
| 30% | PINOTNOIR | 9 | Wine whose name is French for pine and black |
| 30% | GREATTIT | 8 | Green and yellow woodland bird with a black head |
| 30% | BRA | 3 | Garment whose size is a number and a letter |
| 30% | CHINESE | 7 | Giant Panda, a __ mammal that is black and white |
| 30% | SPHINX | 6 | Blue __ nudibranch is a blue and black sea slug |
| 30% | TEA | 3 | Small tree or shrub whose leaves are used to make a beverage |
| 30% | MASHAM | 6 | Small market town in North Yorkshire after which a breed of large sheep with a black-and-white face is named |
| 30% | BACARDI | 7 | Rum brand whose logo features a black and gold bat |
| 30% | METS | 4 | New York team whose mascot's head is a baseball |
| 30% | SHAGGY | 6 | The __ Dog is a black and white Walt Disney film |
| 30% | SHAWL | 5 | Head and neck covering |
| 30% | HOOD | 4 | Head and neck covering |