| 100% | OAKY | 4 | Reminiscent of wood, as some wines |
| 80% | OAKY | 4 | Reminiscent of wood, as wine |
| 76% | OAKY | 4 | Tasting of wood, as some wines |
| 62% | OAKY | 4 | Tasting of wood, as some spirits |
| 62% | OAKY | 4 | Tasting of wood, as some chardonnays |
| 61% | OAKY | 4 | Tasting of wood, as wine |
| 57% | OAKY | 4 | Tasting of wood, like some wines [anagram of KAYO] |
| 53% | XXXXXXX | 7 | Of a German river, as some wines |
| 50% | OAKAGED | 7 | Left to improve, as some wines |
| 49% | GRAPY | 5 | Inferior, as some wines |
| 49% | AGED | 4 | Having seen a lot of years, as some wine |
| 46% | VENEER | 6 | Thin layer of wood as a decorative surface |
| 45% | MERLOTS | 7 | Some wines on a list of reds |
| 45% | BLOND | 5 | Golden, as some furniture wood |
| 44% | EDIT | 4 | Change, as some of these clues |
| 43% | SLAT | 4 | Piece of wood used as a bed support |
| 43% | SINEW | 5 | Wines mixed as source of strength |
| 42% | SHELVES | 7 | Lengths of wood put on walls as extra storage |
| 42% | BOXED | 5 | Like some wine, as shown in the circled letters |
| 42% | TAWNY | 5 | Classification of some port wine |
| 41% | ASHTREES | 8 | Sources of some baseball bat wood |
| 41% | HASASIP | 7 | Samples some, as beer or wine |
| 41% | TWISTTOP | 8 | Feature of some corkless wine bottles |
| 41% | UNCORK | 6 | Open, as a bottle of wine |
| 41% | OPENS | 5 | Uncorks, as a bottle of wine |
| 41% | PINK | 4 | Color of some wines |
| 41% | RED | 3 | Color of some wine |
| 40% | OBOE | 4 | Wood wind instrument known as the cousin of clarinet |
| 40% | USES | 4 | Applications or purposes, as of some equipment |
| 40% | CORKY | 5 | Like the taste of some bad wine |