| 100% | MARIGOLD | 8 | Orange or yellow flower whose name ends with a precious metal |
| 36% | MARIGOLD | 8 | Plant with yellow or orange flowers |
| 35% | OBAMA | 5 | First president whose name ends in a vowel other than E or Y |
| 35% | VASE | 4 | Container whose name is pronounced with either a long "a" or an "ah" |
| 35% | GILT | 4 | Coated with a precious metal |
| 35% | DAIS | 4 | Platform whose name becomes a flower if you add a Y at the end |
| 35% | DAYLILY | 7 | Perennial liliaceous plant with large yellow, red or orange flowers |
| 34% | GOLD | 4 | Orange-yellow precious metal used in jewelry, whose chemical symbol 'Au' is derived from its Latin name 'Aurum' |
| 33% | OHHENRY | 7 | Candy bar whose name ends with an exclamation mark |
| 33% | RAPE | 4 | Eurasian plant with bright yellow flowers whose seeds yield a useful oil |
| 33% | OCALA | 5 | Florida city whose name ends with two state postal abbreviations |
| 33% | SCONE | 5 | Food item whose name is pronounced with either a long or a short o, depending on whom you ask |
| 33% | FREDDIE | 7 | With 34-Across, Queen lead singer whose last name is a metal with the chemical symbol Hg |
| 32% | ADAMSILVER | 10 | NBA commissioner whose last name is a metal with the chemical symbol Ag: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TRACEYGOLD | 10 | "Growing Pains" actress whose last name is a metal with the chemical symbol Au: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ADE | 3 | Ending with Gator or orange |
| 32% | ADE | 3 | Ending with orange or lemon |
| 32% | ADE | 3 | Ending with lime or orange |
| 32% | ADE | 3 | Ending with lemon or orange |
| 32% | WARE | 4 | Ending with metal or mal- |
| 32% | CROSSANDRA | 10 | Genus of plants of Africa and Asia with large yellow, orange or lilac flowers whose species include the firecracker flower |
| 32% | OHHENRY | 7 | Nestlé candy bar whose name ends with an exclamation point: 2 wds. |
| 32% | WALLFLOWER | 10 | European garden plant with yellow, orange or brown flowers |
| 32% | REDHOTPOKER | 11 | Flower whose name sounds like a branding iron |
| 31% | PINOTNOIR | 9 | Red wine whose name ends with the French word for "black": 2 wds. |
| 31% | SENTENCE | 8 | It ends with a period or with jail time |
| 31% | ASIAGO | 6 | Cheese whose name starts with a continent |
| 31% | GRAHAM | 6 | With 35-Across, writer whose novel "The End of the Affair" was adapted as a 1999 film of the same name |
| 31% | BSIX | 4 | Vitamin whose name rhymes with a car engine |
| 31% | LLAMA | 5 | Mammal whose name starts with a double consonant |