| 100% | PLUOT | 5 | Hybrid fruit with a "hybrid" name |
| 83% | TANGELO | 7 | Hybrid citrus with a hybrid name |
| 79% | TANGELO | 7 | Fruit with a portmanteau name |
| 79% | KEYTAR | 6 | Hybrid instrument with a portmanteau name |
| 76% | TANGELO | 7 | Citrus fruit with a portmanteau name |
| 76% | UGLI | 4 | Good fruit with a bad name? |
| 75% | PRIUS | 5 | Hybrid with a Latin name |
| 75% | QUESALUPA | 9 | Cheesy Taco Bell offering with a hybrid name |
| 74% | HIC | 3 | Fruit drink with a hyphenated name |
| 74% | HIC | 3 | Fruit-flavored drink with a hyphenated name |
| 74% | ACAI | 4 | Fruit with a cedilla in its name |
| 73% | ORANGE | 6 | Fruit with a color of the same name |
| 71% | STARBURST | 9 | Chewy fruit sweet with a stellar name |
| 71% | BLUEBERRY | 9 | A small fruit with a primary color in its name |
| 70% | MANGO | 5 | Tropical smoothie fruit with a verb in its name |
| 68% | KIWI | 4 | Fruit that shares its name with a flightless bird |
| 68% | LEMON | 5 | Yellow citrus fruit, with a name originating from Persian |
| 65% | APPLE | 5 | With 7-Across, longtime cereal brand with a fruit in its name |
| 65% | KIWI | 4 | A fuzzy fruit which shares its name with a New Zealand bird |
| 65% | AVOCADO | 7 | Fruit used as a guacamole ingredient, with a name originating from Nahuatl |
| 65% | KIWI | 4 | Flightless bird with the same name as a fuzzy fruit |
| 64% | MULE | 4 | Backless shoe that shares its name with a horse/donkey hybrid |
| 63% | PEACH | 5 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a cobbler fruit |
| 63% | ORANGE | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a citrus fruit |
| 62% | DANISH | 6 | Pastry with fruit filling named after a nationality |
| 62% | BERRY | 5 | Halle Maria ___, "Boomerang" actress who shares her name with a small, pulpy fruit |
| 62% | KIWI | 4 | Fuzzy brown-skinned fruit from New Zealand, with a name originating from Maori |
| 61% | PINEAPPLE | 9 | "___ Express," 2008 Seth Rogen comedy film that shares a name with a prickly fruit |
| 61% | CHERRY | 6 | ___ Jones, "The Horse Whisperer" actress who shares her name with a bright red fruit |
| 60% | KIWI | 4 | (This is berry interesting!) Fuzzy green fruit that shares its name with a New Zealander |