| 100% | ALGALBLOOM | 10 | Erie experienced this in 2011, caused by spring rains washing fertilizer from fields into the lake |
| 25% | MOLTENLAVA | 10 | The destruction of Green Lake in early June 2018 was accomplished by this |
| 23% | IJSSELMEER | 10 | Shallow artificial lake in the Netherlands formed from the closure of the Zuiderzee by a dam in 1932 |
| 23% | CORTESE | 7 | Wines made from this grape variety are long known to be favored by restaurants in the port of Genoa |
| 22% | RAINBOW | 7 | Colors in the sky after rain caused by refraction |
| 22% | GOBI | 4 | Desert caused by the Himalayan rain shadow |
| 22% | DONUT | 5 | Word from an abbreviation used in the early 20th century by the company that made machines that created these common pastries |
| 22% | FAT | 3 | Buildup of this in the body causes obesity |
| 22% | PINA | 4 | "If you like ___ coladas and getting caught in the rain ...," lyrics from "Escape" by Rupert Holmes which may be his preferred drink |
| 22% | TANA | 4 | Lake from which the Blue Nile springs |
| 22% | TANA | 4 | Lake from whcih the Blue Nile springs |
| 22% | BRACKETOLOGY | 12 | Field full of seeds in the spring |
| 22% | REAP | 4 | Bring in from the fields |
| 22% | REAPS | 5 | Brings in from the field |
| 22% | REAP | 4 | Bring in from the field |
| 22% | MEAD | 4 | Artificial lake created in 1935 not far from the Las Vegas Strip, that in April this year was only at about 43% capacity |
| 21% | CHASM | 5 | A canyon caused by a deep fissure in the surface |
| 21% | SCIATICA | 8 | Pain caused by a trapped nerve in the lower back |
| 21% | TULIPS | 6 | Spring flowers from bulbs grown in the Netherlands |
| 21% | HEAD | 4 | The first blank in this phrase: From ___ to ___ |
| 21% | TOE | 3 | The second blank in this phrase: From ___ to ___ |
| 21% | SALLY | 5 | ___ Field, actress from "Places in the Heart" |
| 21% | REAP | 4 | Bring in from the wheat fields |
| 21% | CUSTODY | 7 | Held by the police in this |
| 21% | ECLIPSE | 7 | Shadow caused by the Moon passing in front of the Sun |
| 21% | SLIP | 4 | Mishap caused by a banana peel on the ground, in slapstick |
| 21% | BLOSSOM | 7 | Spring in Japan is signaled by the cherry __ tree |
| 21% | MICHIGAN | 8 | Lake __, is shared by four states in the US |
| 21% | ERIE | 4 | Lake represented by E in the memory aid "HOMES" |
| 21% | HAMELIN | 7 | The Pied Piper was from this place in Germany |