| 100% | KOI | 3 | Fish that's a homophone of a word meaning "affectedly shy" |
| 69% | RENU | 4 | Contact lens care brand that's a homophone of a word meaning "freshen" |
| 60% | KOI | 3 | Fish that's a homophone of "coy" |
| 59% | HEW | 3 | Word meaning "cut down" that's a homophone of "hue" |
| 59% | HEWS | 4 | Word meaning "cuts down" that's a homophone of "hues" |
| 59% | TOO | 3 | Word that's a homophone of a number |
| 59% | RAY | 3 | Fish that's a homophone of 71 Down |
| 57% | ROWS | 4 | Word that's a homophone of "rose" |
| 57% | AUTO | 4 | Word that's a homophone of "Otto" |
| 56% | OWE | 3 | Word that's a homophone of its first letter |
| 55% | NEE | 3 | French word that's a homophone of 47-Across |
| 54% | LAM | 3 | Word for "flee" that's a homophone of the name of a fleeced animal |
| 50% | ROAM | 4 | Word meaning "wander" that's a homophone for a European capital |
| 49% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 49% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "commotion" that's in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 49% | YEW | 3 | Tree that's a homophone of a vowel |
| 49% | FOUR | 4 | Number that's a homophone of a preposition |
| 49% | LYE | 3 | Substance that's a homophone of a falsehood |
| 49% | MAE | 3 | Name that's a homophone of a month |
| 49% | LYME | 4 | Connecticut town that's a homophone of a fruit |
| 48% | STURGEON | 8 | Fish that's a source of caviar |
| 48% | HUNGRY | 6 | Starving ... and a word that's a homophone of Budapest's country |
| 48% | HUNGRY | 6 | Starving... and a word that's a homophone of Budapest's country |
| 48% | OUR | 3 | Adjective that's a homophone of a unit of time |
| 48% | YOU | 3 | Pronoun that's a homophone of a kind of tree |
| 48% | TERI | 4 | Girl's name that's a homophone of a cloth |
| 48% | TRE | 3 | Name that's a homophone of a waiter's carrier |
| 48% | METZ | 4 | French city that's a homophone of a baseball team |
| 48% | TOE | 3 | Foot digit that's a homophone of a motorist's aid |