| 100% | SAGE | 4 | Herb that's a synonym for "wise" |
| 71% | SAGE | 4 | Herb that is apt for a wise man? |
| 69% | APE | 3 | Primate that's a synonym for "imitate" |
| 68% | STOMACH | 7 | Human organ that's a synonym for "tolerate" |
| 68% | PAWN | 4 | Game piece that's a synonym for "puppet" |
| 66% | ESTD | 4 | Abbreviation that's a synonym for "founded," on a town sign |
| 66% | VANILLA | 7 | Ice cream flavor that's a synonym for "boring" |
| 58% | DEFOE | 5 | Surname that contains a synonym for "enemy" |
| 58% | GREAVE | 6 | Shin armor that's a homophone for a synonym of "mourn" |
| 57% | CATNIP | 6 | Herb that acts as a narcotic for felines |
| 57% | ASSENT | 6 | Synonym for "agreement" that sounds like a mountain climb |
| 56% | VAST | 4 | Ocean adjective that is a synonym for "enormous" |
| 55% | EGRET | 5 | Bird that becomes a synonym for "rue" after adding an R |
| 54% | SHRUB | 5 | Synonym for bush that contains the letters B, U, S, and H |
| 54% | SNAP | 4 | Synonym for "photograph" ... or a finger action that may catch your attention |
| 54% | DEAL | 4 | * Synonym for a "great" steal that you may find during 21a |
| 53% | POISE | 5 | Elegant composure that is a synonym for "beautiful" (rhymes with "noise") |
| 53% | ATLAS | 5 | Book that becomes a synonym for "Finally!" when "t" is added to the end |
| 52% | AMORE | 5 | That's a subject for Dean Martin! |
| 51% | SAGE | 4 | Herb that's sometimes burned to "cleanse" a house |
| 51% | GRACEFUL | 8 | Word to describe swans that is a synonym for "beautiful" |
| 51% | HEMI | 4 | Prefix that's a synonym and rhyme of "semi" |
| 51% | SWIFT | 5 | Coding language that's a synonym of "quick" |
| 51% | JAVA | 4 | Coding language that's a synonym of "coffee" |
| 51% | GOOFY | 5 | Snowboarding stance that's a synonym of "wacky" |
| 50% | SAD | 3 | A synonym for 33d |
| 50% | RAVINGMAD | 9 | Synonym for “unhinged” that’s often preceded by “stark” |
| 50% | ROSEMARY | 8 | Culinary herb that's also a woman's name |
| 50% | MONIKER | 7 | Synonym for nickname, sounds like a girl's name |
| 49% | THYME | 5 | Herb that's part of a song with parsley, sage, and rosemary |