| 100% | FOWL | 4 | Domestic bird that sounds like (and often smells) "foul"? |
| 50% | JAY | 3 | Bird that sounds like a letter |
| 48% | FOWL | 4 | Birds that sound like they'd taste bad? |
| 47% | LOON | 4 | Aquatic bird that sounds like a silly person |
| 46% | CROWE | 5 | Surname that sounds like a bird |
| 45% | CROWE | 5 | Surname that sounds like a black bird |
| 45% | OUI | 3 | Yessiree that sounds like you and me |
| 45% | PHLOX | 5 | Flower that sounds like sheep or birds |
| 44% | HOMOPHONE | 9 | Word that sounds like another, like knew and new |
| 44% | ARTIE | 5 | Name that sounds like its second and third letters |
| 44% | ESSAY | 5 | Assignment that sounds like its third and fourth letters |
| 44% | ARTIE | 5 | Nickname that sounds like its second and third letters |
| 44% | EASE | 4 | Word that sounds like its first and last letters |
| 43% | ESCROW | 6 | Financial arrangement that sounds like a letter plus a bird |
| 43% | ASICS | 5 | Shoe brand that sounds like a letter and a number |
| 43% | HOMONYM | 7 | Word that sounds like another word, like "main," "mane," and "Maine" |
| 43% | ATE | 3 | Word that sounds like a number ... and is a letter backward |
| 43% | KATIE | 5 | Woman's nickname that sounds like its first and third letters |
| 43% | EWE | 3 | Animal that sounds like a tree, a pronoun, and a letter |
| 43% | ATE | 3 | Verb that sounds like a number ... and is a letter backward |
| 43% | ASICS | 5 | Running shoe brand that sounds like a letter and a number |
| 43% | GOOSE | 5 | Bird that looks like a duck and loves water |
| 42% | ROBYN | 5 | Name that sounds like (but is one letter off from) a bird |
| 42% | ELLY | 4 | Woman's name that sounds like its second and first letters, respectively |
| 42% | ELSIE | 5 | Name that sounds like the twelfth and third letters of the alphabet |
| 42% | NEHI | 4 | Soda brand that sounds like a descriptor for some boots and socks |
| 41% | HELLSKITCHEN | 12 | Gordon Ramsay cooking competition that sounds like it should involve 20-, 36-, and 42-Across? |
| 40% | ARF | 3 | Sound that's like "ruff" and "woof" |
| 40% | ARF | 3 | Sound that's like "woof" and "ruff" |