| 100% | LOCUSTS | 7 | Grasshoppers that destroy crops |
| 64% | LOCUST | 6 | Plague insect that destroys crops and fields |
| 59% | LOCUSTS | 7 | Destructive grasshoppers that decimate crops |
| 43% | DISINFECTANT | 12 | Substance that destroys germs |
| 42% | LOCUSTS | 7 | Crop-pest grasshoppers |
| 42% | VESUVIUS | 8 | Volcano that destroyed Pompei: Mount __ |
| 42% | SHREDDER | 8 | Office machine that destroys documents |
| 42% | VESUVIUS | 8 | Volcano that destroyed Herculaneum: Mt. __ |
| 42% | LOCUST | 6 | Crop-eating grasshopper |
| 41% | KOOLAID | 7 | Anthropomorphic pitcher man that destroys walls |
| 41% | VESUVIUS | 8 | Famous volcano that destroyed Pompeii, Mount __ |
| 41% | VESUVIUS | 8 | Active Italian volcano that destroyed Herculaneum |
| 41% | VESUVIUS | 8 | Volcano near Naples that destroyed Pompeii |
| 41% | FARMWORKER | 10 | HAND that picks crops |
| 41% | PEST | 4 | Insect that attacks crops |
| 41% | PESTS | 5 | Insects that attack crops |
| 41% | TUBER | 5 | Crop that grows underground |
| 40% | SHREDDER | 8 | Device in an office that destroys documents |
| 40% | CODLING | 7 | __ moth, pest that destroys apples and pears |
| 40% | VESUVIUS | 8 | Volcano that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79 |
| 39% | FIREOFLONDON | 12 | 1666 conflagration that destroyed St. Paul's Cathedral |
| 39% | SPLEEN | 6 | Human organ that destroys old red blood cells |
| 39% | LOCUST | 6 | Crop-eating grasshopper in a swarm |
| 39% | RYE | 3 | Crop variety that sounds like "wry" |
| 39% | WHEAT | 5 | Crop that's ground into flour |
| 39% | GMO | 3 | Crop that contains altered DNA: Abbr. |
| 38% | ODDJOBS | 7 | Little tasks that crop up |
| 37% | PETCO | 5 | Retailer that sells grasshoppers as food |
| 37% | POTATO | 6 | Crop that failed, leading to famine in Ireland |
| 37% | GMO | 3 | Crop that might be insect-resistant, in brief |