| 100% | GAELS | 5 | Ancient Irish people, primarily, that sound like they needed some calmness in their lives |
| 33% | CARROTS | 7 | Vegetables that sound like their weight in gold! |
| 33% | PUSHUPBRAS | 10 | Garments that sound like you'd exercise in them |
| 28% | TRUFFLES | 8 | Fungi that sound like they might contain chocolate |
| 28% | FOWL | 4 | Birds that sound like they'd taste bad? |
| 28% | GNUS | 4 | Beasts that sound like they're always making headlines |
| 28% | TRAILERS | 8 | Previews that sound like they belong after the film |
| 28% | GNUS | 4 | Herd that sounds like they could back Huey Lewis? |
| 28% | YUGOS | 5 | Short-lived '80s-'90s cars that sounded like they should always work |
| 27% | LYRE | 4 | Stringed instrument from ancient Greece that sounds like an untruthful person |
| 27% | SKECHERS | 8 | Footwear company that sounds like people who draw |
| 27% | FARO | 4 | Card game that sounds like an ancient ruler |
| 27% | SELLER | 6 | Vendor sounds like they're in the basement |
| 27% | LOON | 4 | Aquatic bird that sounds like a silly person |
| 26% | PECS | 4 | Body parts that sound like some units of measure |
| 26% | NEIN | 4 | German word that sounds like a number in English |
| 26% | FLU | 3 | Bug that sounds like it was in the air? |
| 26% | ANITA | 5 | Name that sounds like "I need a" |
| 26% | CRUSADERS | 9 | With "the," famous jazz group that sounds like they might invade the Holy Land? |
| 26% | ERE | 3 | Preposition that sounds like the name of a basic need |
| 26% | APEAR | 5 | A fruit that sounds like you have two of them |
| 26% | EWES | 4 | Farm animals that sound like vowels not seen in this puzzle? |
| 26% | MINX | 4 | Flirtatious woman, or a word that sounds like some fur coats |
| 26% | ARENT | 5 | Word that sounds like "orange" in a classic knock-knock joke |
| 26% | NOME | 4 | Alaskan city that sounds like it belongs in a 41-Down |
| 25% | NEHI | 4 | Soda brand that sounds like a descriptor for some boots and socks |
| 25% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | American rock band formed in 1961 that still performs live and inspired the "California Sound" with their surf music: 3 wds. |
| 25% | RUSTLES | 7 | Makes sound like some dry leaves in motion |
| 25% | REED | 4 | Tall grass growing in water that sounds like "need" |
| 25% | TESTY | 5 | Like some people before their morning coffee |