| 100% | FLOATINGISLANDS | 15 | French desserts consisting of meringue in a sea of vanilla custard |
| 40% | BAKED | 5 | With 22-Down, dessert consisting of ice cream and cake covered in toasted meringue |
| 39% | CLOUD | 5 | Bit of white in a sea of blue |
| 38% | ISLE | 4 | Spot of land in a sea |
| 38% | ISLE | 4 | Speck of land in a sea |
| 38% | ISLE | 4 | Dot of land in a sea |
| 37% | PIER | 4 | Stick out in a sea of blue? |
| 36% | CLAFOUTI | 8 | French dessert of fruit encased in sweet batter |
| 35% | PANE | 4 | Piece of glass in a French door |
| 35% | POTDECREME | 10 | French dessert of soft custard |
| 35% | SOUSVIDE | 8 | French-developed form of cooking in a precisely temperature-controlled water bath |
| 35% | CONGAEEL | 8 | One in a line of frolicking sea creatures? |
| 35% | STUFFING | 8 | The meaning of farce in a French restaurant |
| 34% | ENTAIL | 6 | Consist of, as a plan that ends in "ail" |
| 34% | FLAN | 4 | Custard dessert with a layer of caramel sauce |
| 34% | PARFAIT | 7 | French creamy, mousse-like dessert in a glass |
| 34% | MUDPIE | 6 | A type of dessert very popular in Mississippi |
| 33% | SEPTPIECES | 10 | A number of stage items in a French play? |
| 33% | MER | 3 | French body of water featured in a Debussy symphony |
| 33% | BRULEE | 6 | Crème __, French dessert of cold, set custard |
| 33% | SPONDEE | 7 | In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables |
| 33% | BUNDTCAKE | 9 | A type of dessert baked in a ring shaped pan |
| 33% | TEASPOON | 8 | Common amount of vanilla extract in a recipe |
| 33% | MADAME | 6 | Addressee of a waiter in a French restaurant |
| 33% | TRANQUILITY | 11 | Name of a sea first visited in 1969 |
| 33% | THREE | 5 | Number of French hens in a Christmas song |
| 32% | TRITON | 6 | Sea god in Greek mythology; a son of Poseidon and Amphitrite |
| 32% | GRAPESSUZETTE | 13 | Low-cal version of a hi-cal French dessert? |
| 32% | TSP | 3 | Amount of vanilla extract in a recipe, perhaps: Abbr. |
| 32% | SPIRAL | 6 | Type of galaxy consisting in a flat, rotating disk |