| 100% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird that ignites in flames to rise from the ashes |
| 52% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird that rises from the ashes |
| 49% | PHOENIX | 7 | Legendary bird that rose from the ashes |
| 49% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythical bird that rises from the ashes |
| 48% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythic bird that rises from the ashes; actor Joaquin |
| 46% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythical bird that rises from its own ashes (or the capital of 51-Across) |
| 46% | EGRET | 5 | Bird that became endangered in the 19th and early 20th century due to demands from hat makers |
| 45% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird rising from the ashes |
| 42% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythical bird that rises from ashes |
| 42% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythological bird that rises from ashes |
| 41% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird that rose from its ashes |
| 40% | PHOENIX | 7 | Rises from the ashes |
| 40% | REBORN | 6 | Risen from the ashes |
| 39% | RESURRECT | 9 | To rise from the dead |
| 39% | GEESE | 5 | Birds that belong to the same family as ducks, and migrate in the fall season |
| 38% | PHOENIX | 7 | It rose from the ashes |
| 38% | PHOENIX | 7 | Legendary Arabian bird said to set fire to itself and rise from the ashes every 500 years |
| 37% | KIWI | 4 | Bird that sacrifices its wings to save the forest, in a popular fable |
| 37% | STUDPOKER | 9 | Game that gave rise to the expression "ace in the hole" |
| 37% | SAVA | 4 | River rising in Slovenia that flows to the Danube at Belgrade |
| 37% | REBORN | 6 | Like a phoenix rising from the ashes |
| 37% | MAYFLOWER | 9 | Ship that carried the Pilgrims from England to North America in 1620 |
| 37% | SAN | 3 | River rising in Ukraine that flows across SE Poland to the Vistula |
| 37% | SAN | 3 | River rising in Ukraine that flows across southeast Poland to the Vistula |
| 36% | WALL | 4 | "Hole in the ___," show that moved from Fox to Cartoon Network in 2010 |
| 36% | LENA | 4 | River in Russia that rises in Siberia before flowing to the Laptev Sea |
| 36% | VIZIO | 5 | Flat-screen TV manufacturer that sponsored the Rose Bowl from 2011 to 2014 |
| 36% | DNIEPER | 7 | River rising in Russia near Smolensk that flows south to the Black Sea |
| 36% | SAAR | 4 | River rising in the Vosges Mountains that flows north to the Moselle in Germany |
| 36% | DON | 3 | River that rises in the Cairngorm Mountains before flowing east to the North Sea |