| 100% | ROSEMARY | 8 | Garden herb enjoyed with lamb, or a female's name |
| 39% | BASIL | 5 | Pizza herb, or a man's name |
| 38% | SAGE | 4 | Garden herb with a touch of wisdom |
| 37% | NIKITA | 6 | The CW drama about a female spy (2010-2013), or the main character's first name |
| 37% | STILETTO | 8 | Spiky high heel, or a knife with an Italian name |
| 34% | DAM | 3 | Female parent of a lamb or a calf |
| 34% | PEONY | 5 | Garden flower ... or a coin with a "small change"? |
| 34% | ENGRAVED | 8 | Carved, etched, e.g. with a name or message |
| 34% | ANNA | 4 | Actress Faris, Gunn, or Kendrick with a palindromic name |
| 33% | HOT | 3 | "___ Chocolate," song by Tom Hanks from "The Polar Express" ... or a warm drink one may enjoy with marshmallows when it's very cold |
| 33% | ESTHER | 6 | One of a pair of Old Testament books with female names |
| 33% | TREK | 4 | Long, arduous journey or hike, with a name originating from Dutch |
| 32% | FRANZROMANSSOHN | 15 | With 96 Across, P.D.Q. Bach's portrait painter (who may or may not have had a partner named Lemmy O'Rears) |
| 32% | DILL | 4 | "To Kill a Mockingbird" boy who shares his name with an herb |
| 32% | MRBILL | 6 | Clay character on S.N.L. with a girlfriend named Miss Sally |
| 32% | BOZO | 4 | Featherbrain, or a classic TV clown's name |
| 32% | TITLE | 5 | A novel or a movie's name |
| 32% | BRONTE | 6 | Author with a first name in 20-A, 35-A or 53-A |
| 32% | VASE | 4 | Container whose name is pronounced with either a long "a" or an "ah" |
| 32% | ELLE | 4 | Lifestyle magazine with a palindromic name that means "she" or "her" in French |
| 32% | LEGEND | 6 | Folklore tale, or word that starts with the name of a walking limb |
| 31% | ROSEMARY | 8 | Woman's name or herb meaning remembrance |
| 31% | DAUGHTER | 8 | A person or animal's female child |
| 31% | ROSIE | 5 | Girl's name associated with a flower |
| 31% | BASIL | 5 | ___ Rathbone, "Romeo and Juliet" actor who shares a name with a green pasta herb |
| 31% | IRAN | 4 | Tehran's land with a verb hidden in its name |
| 31% | NESS | 4 | Name associated with a mobster or a monster |
| 31% | RAE | 3 | Female name that's a body part backwards |
| 31% | ISABEL | 6 | Woman's name with a ring to it? |
| 31% | NATE | 4 | Man's name that rhymes with a number |