| 100% | PALMTREE | 8 | One of these might grow coconuts or dates |
| 44% | AREYOUFORREAL | 13 | "Seriously?!" … or what one might ask of the answers to starred clues in this puzzle? |
| 42% | CABARET | 7 | Life is one of these, or so sang Liza Minnelli |
| 41% | NOOSE | 5 | This may be at the end of one's rope |
| 39% | COFFEE | 6 | Colombia may grow some of the best of these beans |
| 39% | PALMTREE | 8 | Dates and coconuts come from this type of plant |
| 39% | PALMTREES | 9 | Plants on which dates or coconuts grow |
| 39% | PALM | 4 | Tree on which dates or coconuts grow |
| 38% | OVEN | 4 | A kiln is one of these, used for wood or clay |
| 38% | MAT | 3 | One might say "Welcome!" or "Beware of Dog" |
| 37% | REPORT | 6 | Students might write one of these about a book |
| 37% | CAKE | 4 | You might eat one of these on your birthday |
| 37% | FORT | 4 | Kids may make one out of pillows or snow |
| 37% | SALTSHAKER | 10 | One of a pair at the dinner table ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 37% | THIS | 4 | One of these |
| 37% | SEED | 4 | Silene stenophylla produced the oldest - at about 32,000 years - one of these ever to have been successfully grown |
| 36% | YET | 3 | One of these days |
| 36% | ANON | 4 | One of these days |
| 36% | DAYS | 4 | One of these ___ (eventually) |
| 36% | SOMETIME | 8 | One of these days |
| 36% | SOONERORLATER | 13 | One of these days |
| 36% | JOKES | 5 | (6/6) Stop Michael Scott from telling more inappropriate ones of these, or HR will be on alert yet again! |
| 36% | VOLCANO | 7 | One of these destroyed Pompeii |
| 36% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Dating axiom … or a hint to interpreting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 36% | IDEA | 4 | Using a CFL bulb to represent one of these instead of an incandescent bulb might be a great one in itself! |
| 35% | CLUE | 4 | One of this puzzle's 144 |
| 35% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Where one might find a date ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | TABBY | 5 | Certain lap warmer, or how one might playfully describe this puzzle's longest answers |
| 35% | HORMONE | 7 | Testosterone is one of these |
| 35% | ARKS | 4 | Noah built one of these |