| 100% | TIGERLILY | 9 | Perennial whose flowers are typically orange with black dots |
| 39% | FRITILLARY | 10 | Any of various nymphalid butterflies whose orange-brown wings are chequered with silver and black |
| 34% | DAYLILY | 7 | Perennial liliaceous plant with large yellow, red or orange flowers |
| 34% | MARIGOLD | 8 | Orange or yellow flower whose name ends with a precious metal |
| 33% | NOBU | 4 | Restaurant chain whose signature dish is black cod with miso |
| 31% | ADULTS | 6 | “Peanuts” characters whose voices are typically replaced with trombone sounds |
| 31% | ETRADE | 6 | Dot-com whose name is styled with an asterisk |
| 31% | BORAGE | 6 | Mediterranean plant with star-shaped blue flowers whose young leaves are used in salads |
| 31% | EARLYPURPLE | 11 | — orchid, plant with purplish-crimson flowers whose dark green leaves are marked with blackish spots |
| 31% | CONE | 4 | Traffic marker that is typically orange |
| 30% | YARROW | 6 | Plant with flat clusters of white flower heads whose dried stalks are used for divination |
| 30% | HYDRANGEA | 9 | Saxifrage plant whose flowers are in clusters |
| 30% | ORIOLE | 6 | Bright bird, usually yellow or orange with black |
| 29% | CUMIN | 5 | Mediterranean plant with white or pink flowers whose aromatic seeds are used as a condiment and a flavouring |
| 29% | CRAZY | 5 | With 3-Down, Emmy-winning role on "Orange is the New Black" |
| 29% | SOLOMON | 7 | With 18-Across, free New York black man abducted into slavery whose true story is told in "12 Years a Slave" |
| 28% | CROSSANDRA | 10 | Genus of plants of Africa and Asia with large yellow, orange or lilac flowers whose species include the firecracker flower |
| 28% | MONARCH | 7 | Milkweed butterfly with black and orange wings |
| 28% | TANSY | 5 | Perennial with yellow flower clusters |
| 28% | CROCI | 5 | Perennials with cup-shaped flowers |
| 27% | PRIMROSE | 8 | Perennial plant with pale yellow flowers |
| 27% | AMARANTH | 8 | Perennial with long reddish-purple flowers |
| 27% | MARIGOLD | 8 | Flower with orange, yellow petals; calendula |
| 27% | MILEY | 5 | With 33-Across, singer whose "Flowers" was the best-selling global single of 2023 |
| 27% | ANGLER | 6 | Black seadevil are __ fish with horrid appearance |
| 27% | CHAPMAN | 7 | Orange is the New Black's Piper __ |
| 27% | TARYN | 5 | Orange is the New Black actress Manning |
| 27% | PEKOETEA | 8 | The orange variety is black |
| 26% | ORPINE | 6 | Perennial plant with heads of small purple flowers |
| 26% | TRIGGER | 7 | Black __fish are dark with white dorsal lines |