| 100% | NUANCE | 6 | Slight difference in shade or meaning |
| 55% | NUANCE | 6 | Subtle difference in meaning or expression |
| 41% | TANLINE | 7 | Difference in shading that occurs after wearing a bikini in the sun: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BUMSTEER | 8 | Means misdirection or bad advice in North America |
| 38% | NOT | 3 | What “~” or “!” sometimes mean, in code |
| 38% | EDGE | 4 | Slight advantage or one of six in a square |
| 38% | PEACH | 5 | Shade of pink or a fruit used in cobbler |
| 37% | AUTOPISTA | 9 | It means "highway" or "motorway" in Spanish |
| 37% | AVERAGE | 7 | The mean or standard in a group |
| 37% | HACIENDA | 8 | It means "estate" or "farm" in Spanish |
| 37% | ECRU | 4 | Pale shade whose name means “unbleached” in French |
| 37% | PADRES | 6 | It can mean "parents" or "fathers" in Spanish |
| 37% | KELVIN | 6 | Temperature unit ... or what "K" means in thermodynamics |
| 36% | OINTMENT | 8 | Fly in the __ means a drawback or a flaw |
| 36% | ALOHA | 5 | Word that can mean hello or goodbye in Hawaii |
| 36% | KING | 4 | Checkmate target ... or what "K" means in chess notation |
| 36% | COLORPICTURES | 13 | Photos not in shades of gray ... or what eight answers in this puzzle are? |
| 35% | SYMBOLISM | 9 | Use of imagery or allegory to evoke meaning in art |
| 35% | MAUNA | 5 | Kea, Ulu or Loa preceder which means mountain in Hawaiian |
| 35% | LOOPHOLE | 8 | A means of escape, like in a law or contract |
| 35% | ELLE | 4 | Fashion magazine whose name means "she" or "her" in French |
| 35% | KOD | 3 | 2018 J. Cole song, or a word meaning "defeated in boxing" |
| 34% | GREENS | 6 | Putting areas in golf, or shades of a color |
| 34% | BACKCHANNEL | 11 | Covert means of communication ... or what's hiding in the circled letters? |
| 34% | ULE | 3 | Suffix that means "diminutive" as used in words like glob or duct |
| 34% | MEATSUBSTITUTES | 15 | Vegetarian options … or what the shaded letters in this puzzle are, phonetically |
| 34% | MIDDLEENGLISH | 13 | Tongue of Chaucer ... or what's literally shown in the shaded squares? |
| 33% | BANANAS | 7 | "Go ___," phrase meaning super excited or fruits used in some splits and breads |
| 33% | ELLE | 4 | Lifestyle magazine with a palindromic name that means "she" or "her" in French |
| 33% | NERVE | 5 | Courage or boldness. Could also mean audacity, as in "the ___ of that guy!" |