| 100% | PLANE | 5 | Homophone of "plain," that flies |
| 59% | EWE | 3 | Homophone of "yew" that's a female animal |
| 58% | EWE | 3 | Homophone of "you" that shares no letters with it |
| 57% | EWE | 3 | Homophone of 1-Across that shares no letters with it |
| 57% | YOU | 3 | Homophone of 9-Across that shares no letters with it |
| 57% | EWE | 3 | Homophone of a vowel that appears nowhere in this answer |
| 55% | FLU | 3 | Homophone of "flew" |
| 54% | BAT | 3 | Flying animal that's a symbol of Halloween |
| 53% | MOTHS | 5 | Insects that fly out of empty wallets, in an animation trope |
| 52% | DEERE | 5 | Maker of "the plow that broke the Plains" |
| 52% | BATS | 4 | Black, flying animals that are symbols of Halloween |
| 51% | KITE | 4 | Flier that might be of a variety in the shaded squares |
| 51% | FRUITBAT | 8 | Nocturnal flier that disperses seeds of a 40-Down |
| 51% | ASTRAL | 6 | Type of plane that doesn't fly |
| 50% | EEK | 3 | Cry that's a homophone (and anagram) of 55-Down |
| 50% | GNAT | 4 | Tiny pest that can fly inside a "cloud" of bugs |
| 50% | WILDFLOUR | 9 | Ingredient that tends to fly out of the stand mixer? |
| 49% | GREAVE | 6 | Shin armor that's a homophone for a synonym of "mourn" |
| 49% | AARDWOLF | 8 | Nocturnal hyena-like mammal that inhabits the plains of southern Africa |
| 49% | EWE | 3 | Kind of sheep that's a homophone of "yew" |
| 49% | SEA | 3 | Body of water that's a homophone of "C" |
| 48% | GNU | 3 | Something found on the African plains that sounds like it's just out of the box |
| 48% | FISH | 4 | Flying ___, marine animal with wing-like fins that is a national symbol of Barbados |
| 47% | OGALLALA | 8 | Great Plains aquifer that supplies over a quarter of U.S. irrigation water |
| 46% | EYE | 3 | Watcher ... and homophone of a letter that appears exactly once in every clue and all but two answers |
| 46% | EWE | 3 | Animal that's a homophone of "U" |
| 46% | EWE | 3 | Animal that's a homophone of "you" |
| 46% | ROWS | 4 | Word that's a homophone of "rose" |
| 46% | AIL | 3 | Verb that's a homophone of "ale" |
| 46% | KOI | 3 | Fish that's a homophone of "coy" |