| 100% | EBONITE | 7 | Hard rubber named for its resemblance to dark wood |
| 52% | TULIP | 5 | Flower named for its resemblance to a turban |
| 52% | CAPUCHIN | 8 | Monkey named for its resemblance to a monk |
| 51% | SNAPDRAGON | 10 | Flower named for its resemblance to a winged beast |
| 51% | PIE | 3 | Chart type named for its resemblance to a dessert |
| 51% | NAVELORANGE | 11 | Fruit named for its resemblance to a human body part |
| 51% | SCOTCHBONNET | 12 | Pepper named for its resemblance to a tam-o'-shanter |
| 50% | SEAANEMONE | 10 | Creature named for its resemblance to a brightly colored flowering plant |
| 44% | OLDDRAGONSHEAD | 14 | Section of the eastern end of this puzzle's landmark, so named for its resemblance to a mythical beast drinking from the sea |
| 43% | EBONY | 5 | Dark wood once used for drinking cups, as it was thought to neutralize poison |
| 40% | THEBEAN | 7 | Chicago landmark nicknamed for its resemblance to a legume |
| 37% | WREN | 4 | Member in the genus Troglodytes, so named for its tendency to enter dark crevices |
| 36% | ANEMONES | 8 | Sea creatures named for their resemblance to flowers |
| 36% | REDELM | 6 | Furniture wood named for its color |
| 36% | CYPRESS | 7 | Wood known for its resistance to water |
| 36% | JARGON | 6 | It's hard for laymen to understand |
| 35% | POTAUFEU | 8 | French dish named for the method used to cook it |
| 35% | GHOSTORCHID | 11 | White flower named for the fact that it appears to float |
| 35% | HURON | 5 | Michigan county named for the lake that's next to it |
| 35% | DIM | 3 | Dark enough that it's hard to read, perhaps |
| 34% | ATHEIST | 7 | One for whom it's hard to believe |
| 34% | SHOEGAZE | 8 | Genre named for the tendency of its performers to look down while playing |
| 34% | ARA | 3 | Hard to see southern constellation whose name is Latin for "Altar" |
| 33% | NEWTS | 5 | Klingon ___ (salamanders named for their resemblance to a “Star Trek” species) |
| 33% | EBONY | 5 | Tropical tree whose dark hard wood is used for cabinetwork |
| 33% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKE | 14 | Food named for how it's baked, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 33% | UMBRIEL | 7 | Darkest moon of Uranus, whose name is related to the Latin for "shadow" |
| 33% | EBONY | 5 | Tropical tree whose dark hard wood is used for cabinet work |
| 32% | PLUM | 4 | Fruit that lends its name to a dark shade of purple |
| 32% | LISP | 4 | Speech impediment whose name is hard to say if you have it |