| 100% | SWEDE | 5 | Certain European...or a European vegetable |
| 62% | OKIES | 5 | Certain laborers, or a watch company spelled backward |
| 61% | ROMEO | 5 | Shakespearean protagonist ... or a European capital plus a letter |
| 61% | PARISH | 6 | Church district ... or a European capital plus a letter |
| 61% | TENK | 4 | Certain race ... or a cryptic title to this puzzle |
| 60% | ROME | 4 | European capital, or a type of apple |
| 60% | HUE | 3 | Shade or a certain color |
| 59% | ANIMAL | 6 | Not a vegetable or a mineral |
| 59% | PINKDRINK | 9 | Rosé wine or a certain lemonade |
| 58% | ROT | 3 | Decompose, as a fruit or a vegetable |
| 58% | LORE | 4 | History of a certain region or culture |
| 58% | LUGER | 5 | German gun ... or a certain winter Olympian |
| 58% | IOTA | 4 | Tiny amount or a certain Greek letter |
| 58% | OBERLIN | 7 | Liberal arts college in Ohio ... or a European capital plus a letter |
| 57% | COOP | 4 | Certain apartment (with a hyphen) or farm housing (without one) |
| 57% | TOMATO | 6 | Cherry or plum: a fruit or a vegetable? |
| 57% | TWEET | 5 | Bird's sound, or a certain online post |
| 57% | BANKRUPT | 8 | Completely lacking in a certain quality or value |
| 57% | RAE | 3 | Arctic explorer John, or a certain organ backward |
| 56% | CROP | 4 | Vegetable or grain that a farmer plants |
| 56% | PEAGREEN | 8 | Shade of a certain vegetable |
| 55% | FLOWERGIRLS | 11 | Certain wedding participants ... or a hint to 17-, 28- and 46-Across? |
| 55% | BUFFALOBILLS | 12 | A team, or certain N.Y. phone statements |
| 55% | CHARCOAL | 8 | A dark porous carbon from vegetables or animals |
| 54% | TRIDENTS | 8 | Certain spears ... or a curious spelling feature of 1-, 20-, 26-, 45- and 53-Across? |
| 54% | INSTITUTE | 9 | A group or society created for a certain purpose |
| 54% | CUCUMBER | 8 | Vegetable-like fruit, eaten pickled or in a salad |
| 54% | ROOT | 4 | ___ vegetable (plant such as a carrot or turnip) |
| 54% | ROOT | 4 | ___ vegetable (plant such as a carrot or beet) |
| 53% | AQUA | 4 | European pop group with the 1997 hit "Barbie Girl," or a shade of blue |