| 100% | PEASOUP | 7 | Phrase that can refer to a vegetable dish or a thick fog |
| 55% | GRIOT | 5 | Word that can refer to a West African oral historian or a Haitian pork dish |
| 47% | DDR | 3 | Abbreviation that can refer to East Germany or a Konami game |
| 43% | DAVENPORT | 9 | Can refer to a vintage sofa or antique desk |
| 41% | SEACOW | 6 | Aquatic mammal, can refer to a manatee or dugong |
| 41% | NOODLE | 6 | Ramen or pasta piece ... and a word that can be slangily used to refer to one's "head" |
| 40% | LETSROLL | 8 | "Time to go," and a phrase that could be uttered by a 15-, a 21-, a 32-, or a 48-Across? |
| 38% | HOT | 3 | ___ potato, phrase used to refer to a complicated or problematic situation |
| 38% | LISTENHERE | 10 | Phrase that can mean “Pay attention!” or “Check out this link to my podcast!” |
| 38% | ANAGRAM | 7 | A word or phrase that can be formed using the letters of another word |
| 37% | NATURE | 6 | Mother ___, phrase used to refer to a force that controls all living things |
| 37% | RADISH | 6 | Word that follows "horse" to refer to a zesty root vegetable |
| 37% | PUMPKIN | 7 | Fall vegetable that can be carved into a lantern or baked as a pie |
| 37% | BALLOFWAX | 9 | Phrase that can follow “whole,” à la “shebang” or “kit and caboodle” |
| 36% | HIVE | 4 | ___ mind, sci-fi phrase that refers to a collective alien intelligence |
| 36% | COPPER | 6 | ___-bottomed, "metallic" phrase that refers to a solid and safe deal |
| 36% | CRAB | 4 | Type of seafood that can also refer to a cranky person |
| 36% | BULLET | 6 | *Silver ___, phrase that refers to a simple solution to a complicated problem |
| 36% | TIN | 3 | ___ ear, phrase that refers to someone who may lack a musical ear |
| 35% | METER | 5 | Word following "thermo" or sphygmomano" to refer to a device that lets the doctor read your vitals |
| 35% | WINE | 4 | Fine ___, rhyming phrase that refers to enhancement with time, just like a well-cellared Cabernet |
| 35% | LEAD | 4 | ___ foot, "metallic" phrase that refers to someone who may get a speeding ticket |
| 35% | HOLM | 4 | German word that refers to an island in a river or a lake |
| 35% | DUST | 4 | Contronym that could either mean to remove or to apply a certain substance |
| 35% | SHE | 3 | Refers to a female person or animal |
| 35% | THERE | 5 | "Neither here nor ___," phrase used by Shakespeare that refers to something uncertain or unresolved |
| 35% | WARP | 4 | ___ speed, sci-fi phrase that refers to traveling at a speed faster than light |
| 35% | TOWN | 4 | Word that can follow Hades or Urine to make the title of a musical |
| 35% | WIG | 3 | Big ___, rhyming phrase that refers to an important person, like a CEO at a Fortune 500 company |
| 34% | TREAT | 5 | Sweet ___, rhyming phrase that refers to short and satisfying moments, just like a candied delight |