| 100% | CROW | 4 | Raven relative that symbolizes the "Third Eye" and is featured in many folklores |
| 38% | BALALAIKA | 9 | Instrument featured in "Babooshka" and "Running Up That Hill" that was played by the singer's brother, Paddy Bush |
| 37% | PEONY | 5 | Lush flower found only between April and July that is amongst the most expensive in the world |
| 37% | ANNABELLEE | 10 | Classic poem that begins "It was many and many a year ago / In a kingdom by the sea" |
| 36% | RUMBA | 5 | Ballroom dance that has Afro-Cuban origins and was featured in the 2011 documentary "Ballroom Dancer" |
| 36% | CHEETA | 6 | Chimpanzee from Palm Springs who loves to paint and was featured in the "Tarzan" films |
| 36% | RARE | 4 | "The flower that blooms in adversity is the most ___ and beautiful of all," quote by the Emperor in Disney's "Mulan" |
| 35% | WARTS | 5 | Bumps that are often seen on toads and also a feature of Shrek's anatomy as an ogre in the book |
| 35% | CORNET | 6 | Trumpet relative that is more compact in shape |
| 34% | LILY | 4 | Gloriosa ___, red-and-yellow petaled flower that is amongst the most expensive in the world |
| 34% | CRUELSUMMER | 11 | Taylor Swift song that was third on Spotify's 2023 list of most-streamed songs of the summer in the U.S. (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ANNABEL | 7 | With 13-Down, titular maiden in a Poe poem that begins, "It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea" |
| 34% | UNITED | 6 | Manchester ___ F.C., premier league club that features a ship in full sail on its crest and has one of the most FA Cup wins |
| 34% | CUJO | 4 | 1983 horror movie based on a Stephen King book and featuring a rabid dog that was set largely in one location, the Trenton family home |
| 34% | CHOLESTEROL | 11 | Solid found in most body tissues that is synthesized by the liver |
| 34% | HUNGRIEST | 9 | The one that is the most in need of food |
| 33% | ZION | 4 | National park located in southwestern Utah that was featured in the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" |
| 33% | DEEPSET | 7 | Describes eyes that are further back in the face |
| 33% | BROWNS | 6 | Cleveland ___, NFL team that moved and was rebranded as the Baltimore Ravens in 1996 |
| 33% | SWEDISHROCK | 11 | *Genre that may be featured in the Eurovision Song Contest |
| 33% | DISCO | 5 | Music genre that was most popular in the late 1970s |
| 32% | FAX | 3 | Office machine that was used more in the 1980s than today |
| 32% | BRENDALEE | 9 | Artist with the third most Top 40 hits in the 1960s, behind Elvis and the Beatles |
| 32% | TORTOISE | 8 | Galapagos Giant ___, large turtle relative that is endemic to the Galapagos Islands in the Eastern Pacific |
| 32% | LEMUR | 5 | Primate with large eyes and a long tail that is endemic to the island of Madagascar |
| 32% | IRONY | 5 | The fact that the Bible is the most shoplifted book in America, e.g. |
| 32% | TOKYO | 5 | Asian city that is the most populous metropolitan area in the world |
| 32% | NITRO | 5 | Prefix with "gen" that is the most abundant gas in our atmosphere |
| 32% | STAR | 4 | Earendel, discovered in 2022, is the earliest and most distant known one |
| 32% | STARR | 5 | Ringo —, musician and actor who starred in That'll Be the Day |