| 100% | CRONUT | 6 | Round, flaky pastry that’s a hybrid of two breakfast treats |
| 43% | CRONUT | 6 | Treat that’s a hybrid between a crescent-shaped pastry and a ring-shaped pastry |
| 42% | CRONUT | 6 | Pastry that's a croissant-doughnut hybrid |
| 41% | SHALE | 5 | Flaky rock that's a source of oil |
| 40% | PLUOT | 5 | Reddish fruit that's a hybrid of a plum and an apricot |
| 39% | SEATAC | 6 | Washington hub that's a portmanteau of two cities |
| 35% | NOOK | 4 | Breakfast spot that's also the name of a Barnes & Noble e-reader |
| 35% | SCONE | 5 | Pastry that would accompany a cup of Earl Grey, perhaps |
| 34% | KAISER | 6 | Roll that's an essential part of a typical Austrian breakfast, usually eaten with jam |
| 34% | DOT | 3 | One of two marks that make up a colon |
| 34% | AIRMASS | 7 | One of two that meet at a cold front |
| 34% | SLOVAKIA | 8 | Country that's east of the Czech Republic (the two used to be a single nation) |
| 34% | ERIE | 4 | One of two Great Lakes that begins with a vowel |
| 33% | TOENAIL | 7 | One of 10 that a pedicure treats |
| 33% | SUGARPLUM | 9 | Christmas treat that's also the name of a fairy in "The Nutcracker" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | MELON | 5 | Fruit that's still a fruit when two of its letters are switched |
| 33% | VENUS | 5 | One of two planets in the solar system that lacks a moon |
| 33% | STRUDEL | 7 | Austrian breakfast pastry of fruit in flaky dough |
| 32% | THEFEET | 7 | Parts of the body that a podiatrist treats |
| 31% | VEE | 3 | Shape of a two-finger sign that also represents 50a |
| 31% | DOME | 4 | Roof of a cathedral that is usually rounded in shape |
| 31% | SOX | 3 | Either of two A's rivals |
| 31% | STRINGOFLETTERS | 15 | In either of two connotations, a phrase that describes each circled row in this grid |
| 31% | NINEHOLE | 8 | Like a round of golf that features half of the course |
| 31% | TWIX | 4 | Chocolate, cookie, and caramel treat that comes two to a package |
| 31% | VNECK | 5 | Style of T-shirt that does not have a round collar |
| 31% | ECLAIR | 6 | Cream-filled pastry that's shaped like a log |
| 31% | MUESLI | 6 | Breakfast that's a Swiss supper |
| 31% | CARROT | 6 | Veggie that's a rabbit treat |
| 31% | ESC | 3 | Key that's a neighbor of ~ |