| 100% | CODERED | 7 | Mountain Dew variety named for its color |
| 69% | REDTOP | 6 | Common grass variety named for its color |
| 55% | REDCOD | 6 | New Zealand fish named for its color |
| 53% | REDELM | 6 | Furniture wood named for its color |
| 53% | RUSSET | 6 | Idaho potato named for its color |
| 53% | BLACKBIRD | 9 | Garden visitor named for its color |
| 53% | GREENGODDESS | 12 | Herbaceous dressing named for its color |
| 52% | BLUEBELL | 8 | Flower named for its color and shape |
| 50% | ALB | 3 | Garment named for its white color |
| 50% | REDDEER | 7 | Animal named for its coat color |
| 50% | GENOA | 5 | With 21-Across, place with a salami variety named for it |
| 49% | SUNROSE | 7 | Mediterranean plant named for its brightly colored flowers |
| 49% | ASHCAKE | 7 | Cornbread variety named for where it's baked |
| 47% | SEAANEMONE | 10 | Creature named for its resemblance to a brightly colored flowering plant |
| 44% | BERNESE | 7 | ___ mountain dog (breed named for its origins near the Swiss capital) |
| 43% | OLIVE | 5 | Color named for the green fruit popular for its oil |
| 42% | SANDCAT | 7 | Animal named for the color of its fur and for its natural habitat |
| 42% | ESPRESSO | 8 | 2024 Sabrina Carpenter hit with the lyric “I know I Mountain Dew it for you” |
| 40% | FUJI | 4 | Apple variety that shares its name with a mountain |
| 39% | TBONE | 5 | Steak named for its shape |
| 39% | NENE | 4 | Bird named for its call |
| 39% | ABBA | 4 | Quartet named for its members |
| 39% | UGLI | 4 | Citrus named for its appearance |
| 39% | PEWIT | 5 | Plover named for its call |
| 39% | TEAROSE | 7 | Flower named for its smell |
| 39% | UGLI | 4 | Fruit named for its appearance |
| 39% | UZI | 3 | Shooter named for its inventor |
| 39% | UZI | 3 | Gun named for its inventor |
| 39% | GECKO | 5 | Lizard named for its sound |
| 39% | UGLI | 4 | Fruit named for its unsightliness |