| 100% | BUTTER | 6 | Dairy product spread on bread ... also a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect with colorful wings |
| 62% | DRAGON | 6 | Flying beast seen in "Game of Thrones" ... also a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect with an elongated body |
| 61% | BOT | 3 | Non-human, automated message responder ... also a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect (also called a warble fly) |
| 54% | HORSE | 5 | Neighing animal ... also a word that goes with "fly" to refer to a bloodsucking insect |
| 52% | HOUSE | 5 | Place where one lives ... or a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect that's often found in kitchens |
| 48% | FIRE | 4 | Heat source at a campsite ... also a word that goes with "fly" to refer to a lightning bug |
| 44% | SAND | 4 | *Hourglass filler ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a bunker on a golf course |
| 39% | SPEED | 5 | *Runner's stat ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a radar trap |
| 39% | FLY | 3 | *Buzzing pest ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a snare for the said pest |
| 38% | BEAR | 4 | *Grizzly or Polar, e.g. ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a metaphorical financial trap |
| 34% | HOUSE | 5 | Word with "light" to mean a bright coastal tower that you may spot on an island |
| 34% | RAT | 3 | *Sewage rodent ... or a word that goes with "trap" to mean a hopeless situation |
| 32% | DRESS | 5 | Word that follows "black" to refer to a wardrobe staple often associated with elegance |
| 31% | RACE | 4 | Competition where you aim to finish first and a word that goes with 36a, 53a, 4d, 15d, and 39d |
| 31% | HEAVYWEIGHT | 11 | Boxing class, also a word commonly used to refer to something that's "important or influential" |
| 31% | COURT | 5 | Word with "ship" to refer to the course of a romantic relationship that might lead to marriage |
| 31% | ATTEND | 6 | Go to an event... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 31% | PORTER | 6 | Word before "house" to refer to an establishment where steaks were served, and something that wasn't actually a house |
| 30% | APE | 3 | Word synonymous with "mimic" which also refers to a human-like primate |
| 30% | FEST | 4 | Word that refers to a celebration with a specific focus, which originated from German |
| 30% | GETOUTOFHERE | 12 | "Shoo!," and an instruction that goes with the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 29% | HOLM | 4 | German word that refers to an island in a river or a lake |
| 29% | CROW | 4 | Word after "scare" to refer to a fall staple that would butter you up with "You got me standing tall!" |
| 29% | BLUE | 4 | Word with "bell" to make a purple bloom that is spread across North America |
| 29% | ALT | 3 | Word on an online photo that links to a description of it |
| 29% | CHESS | 5 | Word that refers to a strategic board game with black-and-white squares, and ends with "ss" |
| 29% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | ___ Effect, effect named after a colorful insect, that refers to a trivial change having enormous consequences |
| 28% | FLY | 3 | Word that follows "horse" to refer to an annoying bug |
| 28% | CONGRATS | 8 | Word that appears with confetti when texted on an iPhone |
| 28% | FREDDY | 6 | Singer Fender with a 1975 hit that went to #1 on both the pop and country charts |