| 100% | SMUT | 4 | Corn fungus that's considered a delicacy in Mexico, but shunned elsewhere, that contains more protein than the corn it grows on |
| 31% | SMUT | 4 | Corn ___ (disease caused by a fungus known in Mexico as the delicacy huitlacoche) |
| 29% | UNITED | 6 | Manchester ___ F.C., premier league club that features a ship in full sail on its crest and has one of the most FA Cup wins |
| 29% | COW | 3 | Animal that's spotted on a farm, in more ways than one |
| 27% | EGG | 3 | ___ cream, misleading name of a drink that contains neither of the ingredients in its name |
| 26% | AREOLA | 6 | Circular area on the skin that's differently colored than its background, like the red area around a pimple, for example |
| 26% | OHIO | 4 | U.S. state that contains a greeting in the middle |
| 25% | SINGLE | 6 | "___ Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," song by Beyonce that contains a pre-relationship stage in its title |
| 25% | COFFEEBEAN | 10 | Globally used seed that usually comes in twos, but when there is only one inside the "cherry", it's known as a peaberry |
| 25% | ROOK | 4 | Chess piece that's considered more valuable than a bishop |
| 24% | IPAD | 4 | Product that had sales of more than 300,000 on its first day in 2010 |
| 24% | EYE | 3 | Something involved in a Biblical exchange that, on the face of it, seem the same |
| 24% | GREENWASH | 9 | Term added to Merriam-Webster in 2023 that refers to a product intended to make a company appear more environmentally friendly than it really is |
| 24% | BURJ | 4 | ___ Khalifa (skyscraper in Dubai that's more than half a mile tall) |
| 24% | SERRANO | 7 | It's higher on the Scoville scale than a jalapeño |
| 24% | SPACEBAR | 8 | It's the most frequently struck key on a keyboard |
| 24% | ALTEREDCARBON | 13 | Netflix series, based on a cyberpunk novel, set more than 300 years in the future: 2 wds. |
| 24% | DIME | 4 | Coin that's smaller than a penny but worth 10 times as much |
| 24% | EDAM | 4 | Cheese that’s a bad omen in “All Quiet on the Western Front” |
| 24% | ANSWER | 6 | It's given in the form of a question on "Jeopardy!" |
| 24% | PRAIRIEDOG | 10 | Animal that's more akin to a squirrel than a canine, despite its name |
| 24% | RATIOED | 7 | Like a tweet with a reply that gets more likes than the tweet itself |
| 24% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 24% | ABBR | 4 | Letters that may follow some of the clues in the Vox crossword due to it being a small, but not that easy, puzzle |
| 24% | DRS | 3 | A majority of the characters on TV's "St. Elsewhere," in brief |
| 24% | ANT | 3 | Its larva is eaten as a delicacy in the Mexican dish escamoles |
| 24% | SALE | 4 | FOR ___ (sign in front of a house that's on the market) |
| 24% | ALLY | 4 | Nation that's on the same side as yours in a war |
| 23% | IHOP | 4 | Popular breakfast chain in the USA that is known for flapjacks and has a smile on its logo: Abbr. |
| 23% | DIME | 4 | Coin that's smaller than a penny even though it's worth more |