| 100% | TULIP | 5 | Five-lettered flower that is famous in the Netherlands |
| 57% | BITES | 5 | Bagel ___, frozen pizza snack that was famous in the 80s |
| 55% | VIOLA | 5 | Five-lettered flower that is also the name of actress Davis from "The Help" |
| 55% | DAISY | 5 | Five-lettered flower that is also the name of a character from "The Great Gatsby" |
| 53% | ROSE | 4 | Flower that is also a popular character in the film "Titanic" |
| 50% | ROSE | 4 | Juliet ___, delicate but thorny flower that is amongst the most expensive in the world |
| 49% | LILY | 4 | Gloriosa ___, red-and-yellow petaled flower that is amongst the most expensive in the world |
| 49% | IDEST | 5 | That is to say, in five letters that are often shortened to two |
| 49% | ASTER | 5 | Daisy-like flower that is a member of the sunflower family and blooms late in fall |
| 48% | LILAC | 5 | Five-lettered flower that is also a shade of purple |
| 46% | SERENGETI | 9 | National park in Tanzania that is famous for the great migration |
| 46% | STU | 3 | Name that can be found in the letters preceding V |
| 45% | PETALS | 6 | Flower parts that may be scattered in the aisle at weddings |
| 45% | PIPELINE | 8 | Place for works that are in the works ... or what the message formed by the connected letters is? |
| 43% | HEATHER | 7 | Plant that was a top-five girl's name in the 1970s |
| 43% | UNITEDSTATES | 12 | Country that will host the 2028 Olympics . . . and a collective description of the letter pair abbreviations in the starred clues' answers |
| 43% | INE | 3 | Common word-ending letters that can be pronounced five ways, as demonstrated in five long puzzle answers |
| 43% | ASTER | 5 | Flower that blooms in the fall |
| 43% | RARE | 4 | "The flower that blooms in adversity is the most ___ and beautiful of all," quote by the Emperor in Disney's "Mulan" |
| 43% | CROCI | 5 | Flowers that are a source of the anti-inflammatory drug colchicine |
| 42% | TULIPS | 6 | The Netherlands is known for these flowers |
| 42% | ASTER | 5 | Flower that blooms in the early fall |
| 42% | CHICAGO | 7 | Musical that was elegant in the past |
| 42% | AOL | 3 | ISP that was popular in the 1990s |
| 42% | CHICAGO | 7 | City that was elegant in the past |
| 42% | KRUMMHORN | 9 | Woodwind that was popular in the Renaissance |
| 42% | ALERO | 5 | Olds that was once in the news |
| 42% | PAISLEYS | 8 | Patterns that were big in the sixties |
| 42% | SKINNYTIE | 9 | Neckwear that was popularized in the 1950s |