| 100% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythical bird that rises from the ashes |
| 86% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythical bird that rises from its own ashes (or the capital of 51-Across) |
| 83% | PHOENIX | 7 | Legendary bird that rose from the ashes |
| 82% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird that rises from the ashes |
| 80% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythical bird that rises from ashes |
| 79% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythic bird that rises from the ashes; actor Joaquin |
| 65% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird that rose from its ashes |
| 65% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythical bird that is reborn from ashes |
| 64% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird that ignites in flames to rise from the ashes |
| 64% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythological bird that rises from ashes |
| 63% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird rising from the ashes |
| 55% | PHOENIX | 7 | Rises from the ashes |
| 55% | REBORN | 6 | Risen from the ashes |
| 55% | REBORN | 6 | Like a phoenix rising from the ashes |
| 53% | PHOENIX | 7 | It rose from the ashes |
| 52% | SEAMOUNT | 8 | Elevation that rises from the ocean floor |
| 52% | SEAMOUNT | 8 | Underwater peak that rises from the ocean floor |
| 50% | WAVE | 4 | What that rises from the sea and breaks on the shore |
| 49% | ROC | 3 | Mythical bird from the "Arabian Nights" |
| 49% | ROC | 3 | Mythical bird from the Middle East |
| 47% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird risen from ashes |
| 45% | MARTLETS | 8 | Mythical birds without feet that fly continuously from birth until death |
| 43% | OWL | 3 | Bird that's also the nickname for an athlete from Temple University |
| 42% | PHOENIX | 7 | Legendary Arabian bird said to set fire to itself and rise from the ashes every 500 years |
| 42% | EGRET | 5 | Bird that became endangered in the 19th and early 20th century due to demands from hat makers |
| 40% | ROC | 3 | Mythical bird that preyed on elephants |
| 40% | RISEAGAIN | 9 | Emerge from the ashes |
| 40% | ROSEAGAIN | 9 | Emerged from the ashes |
| 40% | VIZIO | 5 | Flat-screen TV manufacturer that sponsored the Rose Bowl from 2011 to 2014 |
| 39% | QUILL | 5 | Writing tool made from a bird's feather, that preceded the pencil and pen |