| 100% | PLUMCOT | 7 | Hybrid fruit of an apricot and a plum |
| 68% | PLUOT | 5 | Reddish fruit that's a hybrid of a plum and an apricot |
| 57% | PLUOT | 5 | Portmanteau of a plum and an apricot |
| 42% | NINTHS | 6 | Intervals of an octave and a second |
| 42% | EMU | 3 | Cousin of an ostrich and a rhea |
| 40% | ORANGE | 6 | Putting an ___ in stockings, Christmas tradition of using a citrus fruit as stocking stuffers that is now replaced with gadgets and toys |
| 40% | ICONS | 5 | Images of an envelope and a telephone receiver, on an iPhone |
| 40% | BROWNING | 8 | Surname of an English poet and a firearm designer |
| 39% | MELON | 5 | Fruit that's an anagram of a fruit |
| 39% | MOTTS | 5 | A popular brand of Applesauce and fruit juice |
| 39% | JUICE | 5 | A drink squeezed out of fruits and vegetables |
| 39% | RAO | 3 | Eponym of an Italian-restaurant franchise and a pasta-sauce brand |
| 39% | LIGER | 5 | Hybrid offspring of a female tiger and male lion |
| 39% | HINNY | 5 | Hybrid offspring of a male horse and female donkey |
| 39% | LIMERICK | 8 | An Irish city and also a form of poetry |
| 39% | SANGRIA | 7 | A traditional Spanish drink of wine and cut fruits |
| 39% | TANGERINE | 9 | Citrus fruit hybrid of a mandarin orange |
| 38% | LOGANBERRY | 10 | Hybrid of blackberry and raspberry cultivated for its edible fruit |
| 38% | PEAR | 4 | Fruit with a wide base (anagram and homophone of "pare") |
| 38% | MESON | 5 | Particle composed of a quark and an antiquark |
| 38% | PUREE | 5 | Baby food is a __ of fruits and vegetables |
| 38% | COMMANDCENTER | 13 | Heart of an operation, and a hidden feature of 20-, 26-, and 46-Across |
| 38% | ACRE | 4 | House comes with three quarters of an ____ and is situated near a river. |
| 37% | IRA | 3 | A kind of investment and also an Irish militant movement: Abbr |
| 37% | SABRE | 5 | In-state colleague of a Ranger and an Islander |
| 37% | CHER | 4 | Winner of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and three Golden Globes |
| 37% | MUESLI | 6 | Breakfast cereal; a mixture of oats, dried fruit and nuts |
| 37% | YEA | 3 | It's both a synonym and an anagram of "aye" |
| 37% | LACOSTE | 7 | Tennis star René and an eponym of a clothing brand |
| 37% | YOUNGBERRY | 10 | Hybrid fruit of bramble |