| 100% | FERN | 4 | Plants that have remained mostly the same on a nuclear level for 180 million years |
| 31% | FBI | 3 | Govt. org. that had the same leader for its first 48 years (1924-72) |
| 30% | BIRYANI | 7 | Dish that has been the most ordered meal for eight straight years on India's largest food-delivery app |
| 29% | PAR | 3 | On a ___ with (at the same level) |
| 29% | ANNUALS | 7 | Plants that last for a single year |
| 28% | CACTI | 5 | Plural for a plant that grows in the desert, has spikes, and holds water |
| 28% | IHOP | 4 | Popular breakfast chain in the USA that is known for flapjacks and has a smile on its logo: Abbr. |
| 28% | BLACK | 5 | ___ pepper, plant that has existed on Earth since the Cretaceous period |
| 28% | STALECEREAL | 11 | Menu item #1: A bowlful of Cap'n Crunch that's been on top of the fridge for four years |
| 28% | PAR | 3 | On a ___ with (at the same level or standard) |
| 28% | KEY | 3 | Paper that has the answers for a test |
| 27% | HORNBILL | 8 | Tropical bird that has a casque on the mandible |
| 27% | ALASKA | 6 | US state that has a shoreline on the Beaufort Sea |
| 27% | ELO | 3 | Band that had the 1981 hit "Hold On Tight," for short |
| 27% | OHARE | 5 | Chicago airport that had a "Kids on the Fly" play area |
| 27% | UBER | 4 | Transit app that has become a byword for the sharing economy |
| 27% | PERENNIAL | 9 | A plant that lives or blooms for several years |
| 26% | MASER | 5 | Device for amplifying microwaves that works on the same principle as a laser |
| 26% | NAPA | 4 | Auto parts chain that has the same name as a California wine valley |
| 26% | SINGLELADIES | 12 | 2008 #1 hit for Beyoncé that had the subtitle "Put a Ring on It": 2 wds. |
| 26% | TARE | 4 | Button on a butcher's scale that allows for the weight of the container |
| 26% | DINAR | 5 | Currency that has a picture of one of the Teslas on the hundred bill |
| 26% | SALE | 4 | FOR ___ (sign in front of a house that's on the market) |
| 26% | GIG | 3 | Booking for a rock band that's on the road |
| 25% | MODERNFAMILY | 12 | Sitcom that has won the Emmy for Oustanding Comedy Series five years running: 2 wds. |
| 25% | TOTO | 4 | Band that won a Record of the Year Grammy for "Rosanna" |
| 25% | BEATIT | 6 | 1983 hit that won a Grammy for Record of the Year |
| 25% | CMA | 3 | Group that has named Garth Brooks its Entertainer of the Year a record seven times: Abbr. |
| 25% | STARBOY | 7 | The Weeknd's 2016 album, that has a single by the same name, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 25% | AMERICANLIT | 11 | H.S. course that might have a unit on the Harlem Renaissance |