| 100% | FUNGUS | 6 | It lacks chlorophyll and is not quite a plant |
| 43% | ALGA | 4 | Plant that contains chlorophyll but lacks a stem and leaves |
| 37% | ELFFUR | 6 | ... Looking back on it, I'm glad I bought that and not the ___. Luxurious Santa is a bad look!
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| 37% | FIB | 3 | It's not quite a whopper |
| 37% | INDOORS | 7 | Not alfresco, and what this puzzle is vis-à-vis its border answers |
| 36% | VEGETABLE | 9 | A plant grown to be eaten, not fruit or grain |
| 36% | ISLAM | 5 | Its symbol is a crescent and star |
| 36% | ISLAM | 5 | Its symbol is a star and crescent |
| 35% | ROME | 4 | It was not built in a day, proverbially |
| 34% | JOB | 3 | It might be found in a plant |
| 34% | SMASH | 5 | A flop it is not |
| 34% | MENU | 4 | A restaurant's specials might not be printed on it |
| 34% | MAP | 3 | It might be folded and put into a glove compartment |
| 34% | RHUBARB | 7 | Plant whose leafstalks are cooked, sweetened and eaten as a dessert |
| 34% | APOEM | 5 | It's said to be not as lovely as a tree |
| 33% | SYRUP | 5 | It's brown and sticky (and not a stick) |
| 33% | SOTOMAYOR | 9 | Supreme Court justice who once said "I am a New Yorker, and 7 a.m. is a civilized hour to finish the day, not to start it" |
| 33% | DESTINY | 7 | "___ is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice": William Jennings Bryan |
| 33% | GOLDWEDDINGO | 12 | It may be engraved with two sets of initials and a date |
| 33% | RNA | 3 | Its components are often represented as G, U, A, and C, briefly |
| 33% | EBBING | 6 | What a tide is doing when it's not flowing |
| 33% | AGAS | 4 | "Once I had a love and it was ___" (Blondie lyric) |
| 33% | AREA | 4 | ___ of a circle is calculated using its radius and pi |
| 33% | CHINASHOP | 9 | A bull market it is not! |
| 33% | BED | 3 | "Love is not a ___ of roses," phrase that describes the ups and downs of love |
| 33% | TRIPLE | 6 | Not quite a homer |
| 33% | TRIPLE | 6 | Not quite a run |
| 33% | HALF | 4 | Not quite a majority |
| 33% | TOWN | 4 | Not quite a city |
| 33% | PAR | 3 | Not quite a birdie |