| 100% | LADYSSLIPPER | 12 | Any of various orchids such as the moccasin flower |
| 56% | CHAMPIGNON | 10 | Any of various edible mushrooms such as the fairy ring — |
| 55% | REDGUM | 6 | Any of various Australian eucalyptus trees with aromatic leaves such as the River — |
| 55% | WAGTAIL | 7 | Any of various small long-tailed birds such as the pied — or yellow — |
| 54% | SPLEENWORT | 10 | Any of various evergreen ferns of the genus Asplenium such as ebony — or sea — |
| 52% | CONSTRICTOR | 11 | Any of various non-venomous snakes, such as the python, which squeeze their prey to kill by asphyxiation |
| 48% | EAUDEVIE | 8 | Any of various colourless fruit brandies such as kirschwasser |
| 48% | IRONWOOD | 8 | Any of various trees, such as American hornbeam, with very hard wood |
| 41% | DITTANY | 7 | Aromatic plant such as the pink-flowered — of Crete |
| 40% | BELLWORT | 8 | Plant of North America such as the large-flowered — or perfoliate — |
| 39% | CAMPION | 7 | Flowering plant of the genus Silene such as the red — or white — |
| 38% | AUSPICES | 8 | Support, such as the Medici patronage of artists |
| 38% | SARDINE | 7 | Any of various small marine food fish of the herring family |
| 38% | EFT | 3 | Terrestrial newt such as the red — of North America |
| 38% | ICEPLANT | 8 | Succulent such as the Hottentot fig of South Africa |
| 38% | RATITE | 6 | Any of various flightless birds of which the ostrich is the largest |
| 38% | GRANADILLA | 10 | Plant of the passion flower genus such as the Sweet — or Giant — |
| 38% | ALLEMANDE | 9 | Any of various popular German couple dances originating in the 16th century |
| 37% | 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 |
| 37% | TREEFROG | 8 | Arboreal amphibian such as the gray — of the US and Canada |
| 37% | ALCAZAR | 7 | Moorish castle or palace in Spain such as the — of Segovia |
| 37% | OARFISH | 7 | Elongated marine fish such as the king of herrings or giant — |
| 36% | OPERAS | 6 | Works such as The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville |
| 36% | PIP | 3 | Card symbol such as the one in the center of an ace |
| 36% | SALMON | 6 | Soft-finned food fish such as the sockeye of the Pacific Ocean |
| 36% | RESTHARROW | 10 | Plant of the pea family such as the common — with pink flowers and a tough woody stem |
| 36% | RESTHARROW | 10 | Plant of the pea family such as the common - with pink flowers and a tough woody stem |
| 36% | GUANGZHOU | 9 | Chinese city known as the 'City of Flowers' |
| 36% | CRUCIFER | 8 | Any of various plants of the cabbage family with four petals arranged in a cross |
| 36% | VERBENA | 7 | Genus of plants with colourful flowers such as the Argentinian Vervain and American Blue Vervain |