| 100% | EAUDEVIE | 8 | Any of various colourless fruit brandies such as kirschwasser |
| 47% | CHAMPIGNON | 10 | Any of various edible mushrooms such as the fairy ring — |
| 46% | IRONWOOD | 8 | Any of various trees, such as American hornbeam, with very hard wood |
| 46% | REDGUM | 6 | Any of various Australian eucalyptus trees with aromatic leaves such as the River — |
| 46% | WAGTAIL | 7 | Any of various small long-tailed birds such as the pied — or yellow — |
| 45% | SPLEENWORT | 10 | Any of various evergreen ferns of the genus Asplenium such as ebony — or sea — |
| 43% | CONSTRICTOR | 11 | Any of various non-venomous snakes, such as the python, which squeeze their prey to kill by asphyxiation |
| 35% | SPUTNIK | 7 | Any of a series of Soviet satellites, such as — I, launched in 1957 |
| 35% | SPUTNIK | 7 | Any of a series of Soviet satellites such as — I, launched in 1957 |
| 33% | CATFISH | 7 | Any of numerous fish with whisker-like barbels around the mouth such as the Mekong giant — |
| 33% | APE | 3 | Any of various primates |
| 32% | RECTI | 5 | Any of various straight muscles |
| 31% | MIG | 3 | Any of various types of Soviet fighter aircraft |
| 30% | CANYON | 6 | "Echo in the ___," 2018 documentary on '60s music and the journey of various music groups such as The Beach Boys |
| 30% | RUSSET | 6 | Any of various apples with rough brownish-red skins |
| 30% | CREASE | 6 | Any of various lines drawn on a cricket pitch |
| 29% | PASTA | 5 | Any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin |
| 29% | SARDINE | 7 | Any of various small marine food fish of the herring family |
| 29% | RATITE | 6 | Any of various flightless birds of which the ostrich is the largest |
| 29% | UMBER | 5 | Any of various natural brown earths that contain ferric oxide with lime |
| 29% | ALLEMANDE | 9 | Any of various popular German couple dances originating in the 16th century |
| 28% | EAUDEVIE | 8 | Fruit brandy that translates to "water of life" |
| 28% | ASTEROID | 8 | Item such as Pitbull (which came within 25,000 miles of Earth in September) or the answer to any of the six starred clues |
| 28% | SOUR | 4 | Any of various cocktails made of spirit mixed with lemon or lime juice |
| 28% | PLUM | 4 | Fruit such as the damson |
| 27% | TYPO | 4 | Printed mistake such as "teh" instead of "the" |
| 27% | TYPO | 4 | Printed mistake such as "taht" instead of "that" |
| 27% | PANG | 4 | A sudden sensation, such as a ___ of hunger |
| 27% | AUSPICES | 8 | Support, such as the Medici patronage of artists |
| 27% | ANAISNIN | 8 | She wrote erotica such as Delta of Venus |