| 100% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythological bird that rises from ashes |
| 80% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythical bird that rises from ashes |
| 79% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird that rises from the ashes |
| 79% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird that rose from its ashes |
| 73% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythical bird that rises from the ashes |
| 73% | PHOENIX | 7 | Legendary bird that rose from the ashes |
| 72% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythic bird that rises from the ashes; actor Joaquin |
| 68% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythical bird that rises from its own ashes (or the capital of 51-Across) |
| 66% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird that ignites in flames to rise from the ashes |
| 58% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird risen from ashes |
| 54% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythical bird that is reborn from ashes |
| 54% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird rising from the ashes |
| 45% | MESA | 4 | Formation that rises from a plane |
| 45% | PHOENIX | 7 | Rises from the ashes |
| 45% | REBORN | 6 | Risen from the ashes |
| 44% | SEAMOUNT | 8 | Elevation that rises from the ocean floor |
| 43% | SEAMOUNT | 8 | Underwater peak that rises from the ocean floor |
| 43% | PHOENIXES | 9 | Birds that burn and rise again |
| 42% | NENE | 4 | Bird that may nest on volcanic ash |
| 42% | COMMUTERRAIL | 12 | Bird that travels to and from work? |
| 42% | RHEAS | 5 | Birds that appear on money from Montevideo |
| 42% | PHOENIX | 7 | It rose from the ashes |
| 41% | WAVE | 4 | What that rises from the sea and breaks on the shore |
| 41% | CROW | 4 | Bird that farmers try to scare away from crops |
| 41% | CROW | 4 | Bird that can build tools made from multiple parts |
| 41% | REBORN | 6 | Like a phoenix rising from the ashes |
| 39% | FAULKNERUDA | 11 | Author of "The Light in August That Rises From Your Feet To Your Hair"? |
| 39% | OWL | 3 | Bird that's also the nickname for an athlete from Temple University |
| 39% | EMU | 3 | Australian bird that's a vowel change from 7-Down |
| 38% | CHIRP | 5 | *Sound of birds, that might come from your backyard |