| 100% | POT | 3 | Like the ___ calling the kettle black |
| 99% | POT | 3 | "... like the __ calling the kettle black" |
| 94% | POT | 3 | "...like the ___ calling the kettle black..." |
| 80% | POT | 3 | "That's the ___ calling the kettle black!" |
| 80% | POT | 3 | One calling the kettle black |
| 80% | POT | 3 | It called the kettle black |
| 79% | POT | 3 | It sometimes calls the kettle black |
| 77% | POT | 3 | One calling the kettle black, in a phrase |
| 77% | POT | 3 | One calling the kettle black, in a saying |
| 77% | POT | 3 | It calls the kettle black, in a saying |
| 77% | POT | 3 | What calls the kettle black, in an expression |
| 69% | POT | 3 | A case of the kettle calling the ___ black |
| 59% | DENSE | 5 | Like the center of a black hole |
| 58% | KETTLE | 6 | Pot calling the __ black |
| 56% | ARTS | 4 | Black magic, also called the Dark ___ |
| 55% | ULNAR | 5 | Like the nerve called the "funny bone" |
| 55% | RAVEN | 5 | Glossy black, like the bird |
| 54% | EMBEDDED | 8 | Like aleph in the central black squares of this puzzle's grid |
| 54% | ULNAR | 5 | Like the nerve we call the "funny bone" |
| 54% | RATEDM | 6 | Like Call of Duty: Black Ops |
| 53% | THREATENED | 10 | Like the red panda, blue whale and black rhino |
| 52% | TRANS | 5 | Like actress Laverne Cox of "Orange is the New Black" |
| 52% | RARE | 4 | Like the iconic Black Lotus card in Magic: The Gathering |
| 52% | INKY | 4 | Black, like the liquid an octopus squirts out in defense |
| 50% | SYMBOL | 6 | Icon; like the one in the sky that calls Batman |
| 50% | JOHNNYCASH | 10 | Country legend also called the "Man in Black" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ODESSA | 6 | City called "The Pearl of the Black Sea" |
| 50% | ORCA | 4 | Black-and-white creature like Fin the Whale |
| 49% | OMEN | 4 | Like a black cat crossing the path, for some |
| 48% | SOLVENT | 7 | In the black, like a dry cleaner? |