| 100% | VLEI | 4 | Low marshy ground in South Africa such as the Umgeni — |
| 97% | VLEI | 4 | Area of low marshy ground in South Africa such as the Umgeni — |
| 43% | ICEPLANT | 8 | Succulent such as the Hottentot fig of South Africa |
| 38% | QUEBRACHO | 9 | South American tree such as the Red — whose wood is used in tanning |
| 35% | SWAMP | 5 | Wetland such as the Okefenokee in Florida |
| 35% | TYPO | 4 | Mistaek such as the one in this clue |
| 35% | ARTSHOW | 7 | Cultural display, such as the Armory in New York |
| 34% | CONIFERS | 8 | Trees such as the pine that hold seeds in cones |
| 34% | SADDLEBACK | 10 | New Zealand bird such as the North Island — or South Island — |
| 34% | FRAT | 4 | Campus group such as the Deltas in "Animal House," for short |
| 34% | CIRCUMFLEX | 10 | Mark placed over a vowel such as the o in French |
| 34% | SYNOD | 5 | Council of a church such as the — of Whitby in 664 |
| 33% | PIP | 3 | Card symbol such as the one in the center of an ace |
| 33% | PAREIDOLIA | 10 | Phenomenon such as the tendency to see human forms in inanimate objects |
| 33% | GRANDTOUR | 9 | Three-week bike race, such as the one featured in this puzzle |
| 33% | ARIA | 4 | Song such as "Habanera" in the opera "Carmen" |
| 33% | ERAS | 4 | Periods in classical music such as the Baroque |
| 33% | LION | 4 | Carnivore such as Aslan in the "Narnia" stories |
| 33% | HOPE | 4 | The Good cape in South Africa |
| 33% | LUNGFISH | 8 | Elongated freshwater air-breathing creature such as the South American — or West African — |
| 33% | STUPA | 5 | Dome-shaped Buddhist shrine such as the Phra Pathommachedi in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand |
| 33% | WORLDCUP | 8 | Australia plays South Africa in the Women's T20 __ |
| 33% | GNAWING | 7 | Teeth grinding in animals, such as dogs on bones |
| 33% | SHTETLS | 7 | Places such as Anatevka in "Fiddler on the Roof" |
| 33% | AUNT | 4 | Family member such as Sally in the mnemonic PEMDAS |
| 33% | EWE | 3 | Female animal such as Maa in the movie "Babe" |
| 32% | ENNEAD | 6 | Set of nine persons or things such as the — of Heliopolis in Egyptian mythology |
| 32% | BOER | 4 | Dutch settler of South Africa in the 18th-19th centuries |
| 32% | EWES | 4 | Animals such as Shirley in Netflix's "Shaun the Sheep" |
| 32% | SOW | 3 | Put in the ground, as seeds |