| 100% | STARAPPLE | 9 | Fruit named for the appearance of its cross section |
| 50% | UGLI | 4 | Fruit named for its appearance |
| 48% | POUNDCAKE | 9 | Dessert named for the weight of its ingredients |
| 48% | UGLI | 4 | Citrus fruit named for its appearance |
| 47% | POMONA | 6 | California city named for the Roman goddess of fruit |
| 46% | OLIVE | 5 | Color named for the green fruit popular for its oil |
| 46% | PINTAIL | 7 | Duck named for the long-feathered part of its anatomy |
| 46% | NEHI | 4 | Company named for the exaggerated height of its tallish bottles |
| 46% | BELLPEPPER | 10 | North American name for the fruit of the capsicum plant |
| 46% | ALBANY | 6 | It's named for the Duke of York |
| 46% | SANDCAT | 7 | Animal named for the color of its fur and for its natural habitat |
| 46% | SHOEGAZE | 8 | Genre named for the tendency of its performers to look down while playing |
| 46% | ADA | 3 | Oklahoma city named for the daughter of its first 4-Down |
| 45% | PEACH | 5 | Color named for the interior flesh of the fruit used in cobbler |
| 45% | EUROSTEP | 8 | Tricky basketball footwork named for the continent of its origin |
| 44% | TUES | 4 | It's named for the Norse god of war: Abbr. |
| 43% | PAPERWASP | 9 | Flying insect named for the type of 17-Across it makes (2 wds.) |
| 42% | KIWI | 4 | Name of a fruit and the informal term for a New Zealander |
| 41% | ARBORVITAE | 10 | White matter of the cerebellum named after its tree-like appearance |
| 41% | ISRAEL | 6 | The name of its national anthem is Hebrew for "The Hope" |
| 41% | ORANGE | 6 | Fruit with the name of its color |
| 41% | UGLI | 4 | Fruit named for its unsightliness |
| 41% | ONAWHIM | 7 | For the heck of it |
| 41% | DIVEBAR | 7 | Type of pub named for its unglamorous appearance |
| 41% | KWANZAA | 7 | December holiday named for "fruits of the harvest" |
| 40% | ONAWHIM | 7 | For the heck of it: 3 wds. |
| 40% | BLOBFISH | 8 | Deep-sea creature named for its above-the-surface appearance |
| 39% | UGLI | 4 | Hybrid fruit named for its homeliness |
| 39% | REDARMY | 7 | Name for the armed forces of the USSR |
| 39% | HOGLET | 6 | Name for the young of prickly garden mammal |