| 100% | OWLS | 4 | Birds that are "not what they seem," according to a "Twin Peaks" line |
| 53% | OWLS | 4 | "The ___ are not what they seem" ("Twin Peaks" quote) |
| 38% | SHAM | 4 | Not what it seems to be |
| 38% | DRPEPPER | 8 | Soda that, according to the Food and Drug Administration, is not technically a cola |
| 38% | TURKEY | 6 | Poultry bird that is said to make a gobbling sound |
| 37% | CARBONOFFSETS | 13 | They fund projects that remove a gas from the atmosphere, which is a hint to what's happening in four Across answers |
| 36% | SEEN | 4 | What a burglar hopes not to be |
| 36% | FLEDGLING | 9 | A baby bird that is ready to fly the nest |
| 35% | OUT | 3 | What you are after lining a shot to shortstop |
| 34% | TRAILAWAY | 9 | What a speaker might do if nobody is listening to them |
| 34% | EERIE | 5 | Like a portrait that seems to be watching you |
| 34% | SEEM | 4 | "Things are not what they ___" |
| 34% | SCAM | 4 | What a deal that's too good to be true probably is |
| 34% | VERTICAL | 8 | A line that is at right angles to the horizon |
| 34% | TOSS | 4 | What they do to a coin in Netflix's "The Witcher" according to Jaskier the Bard's song |
| 33% | ARTFILM | 7 | Movie that's not expected to be a blockbuster |
| 33% | HAMLET | 6 | Shakespeare play that includes the line "To be or not to be ..." |
| 33% | MELON | 5 | Fruit that always seems to be the majority of a fruit cup |
| 33% | ASS | 3 | The law is one, according to a Dickens line |
| 33% | ARM | 3 | What cyclists are supposed to use, but often don't, when they hang a left |
| 33% | STORK | 5 | Bird that is almost a "Stark"? |
| 33% | OWLET | 5 | Smaller version of a bird that is thought to be wise |
| 33% | ARTFILM | 7 | Movie that's not likely to be shown in a multiplex |
| 32% | DOVE | 4 | Bird that is a symbol of peace |
| 32% | TROUPES | 7 | Word that would seem to be a portmanteau of "traveling groups," but isn't |
| 32% | NAB | 3 | Catch, like a pet on the table where they're not supposed to be |
| 32% | ADLIB | 5 | An impulsive line, a line that is not scripted |
| 32% | GOLF | 4 | Sport that is "a good walk spoiled," according to Mark Twain |
| 32% | ELM | 3 | Street that may be nightmarish, according to a horror movie? |
| 32% | LOUISEGLUCK | 11 | Literature Nobelist who wrote “The great thing / is not having / a mind. Feelings: / oh, I have those; they / govern me” |