| 100% | GNUS | 4 | Herd that sounds like they could back Huey Lewis? |
| 41% | TRUFFLES | 8 | Fungi that sound like they might contain chocolate |
| 41% | FOWL | 4 | Birds that sound like they'd taste bad? |
| 41% | GNUS | 4 | Beasts that sound like they're always making headlines |
| 41% | TRAILERS | 8 | Previews that sound like they belong after the film |
| 39% | YUGOS | 5 | Short-lived '80s-'90s cars that sounded like they should always work |
| 39% | TENNIS | 6 | What 8-, 20-, 36- and 52-Across sound like they could be about |
| 38% | PUSHUPBRAS | 10 | Garments that sound like you'd exercise in them |
| 38% | CRUSADERS | 9 | With "the," famous jazz group that sounds like they might invade the Holy Land? |
| 38% | GAELS | 5 | Ancient Irish people, primarily, that sound like they needed some calmness in their lives |
| 38% | APEAR | 5 | A fruit that sounds like you have two of them |
| 35% | FAINT | 5 | Like a sound that can barely be heard |
| 35% | AERO | 4 | Hyundai ___ (bus that sounds like it can fly) |
| 34% | ERR | 3 | Verb that can sound either like "air" or "Ur" |
| 31% | FLU | 3 | Illness that sounds like "flew" |
| 31% | YEW | 3 | Tree that sounds like "you" |
| 31% | SUEDE | 5 | Fabric that sounds like "swayed" |
| 31% | EWE | 3 | Female that sounds like you? |
| 31% | ARE | 3 | Verb that sounds like R |
| 31% | EWE | 3 | Animal that sounds like you? |
| 31% | OYSTER | 6 | Mushroom that sounds like seafood |
| 31% | YEW | 3 | Tree that sounds like "You"? |
| 31% | LTYR | 4 | Dist. that sounds like time |
| 31% | DOE | 3 | Beast that sounds like bucks |
| 31% | EWE | 3 | Word that sounds like "you" |
| 31% | REX | 3 | Name that sounds like "wrecks" |
| 31% | BANGOR | 6 | City that sounds like sausage |
| 31% | LYE | 3 | Chemical that sounds like "lie" |
| 31% | DOE | 3 | Word that sounds like "dough" |
| 31% | ALE | 3 | Word that sounds like "ail" |