| 100% | JAM | 3 | Spread that has flavors such as grape and strawberry |
| 43% | MASH | 4 | Sitcom that had such characters as Father Mulcahy and Hot Lips Houlihan |
| 41% | SNL | 3 | Show that has created such characters as Debbie Downer and Stuart Smalley: Abbr. |
| 35% | COED | 4 | Like schools that have both boys and girls as students |
| 35% | IMAC | 4 | Apple desktop that came in such colors as lime and strawberry in 1999 |
| 34% | NEHI | 4 | Soda that comes in orange and grape flavors |
| 34% | ERGOT | 5 | Group of fungi such as that which grows on rye and related plants |
| 33% | USMAPS | 6 | Graphics that typically have AK and HI as insets |
| 33% | ANTHOLOGY | 9 | TV series that has a different storyline each season, such as "American Horror Story" |
| 33% | COMPOSTBIN | 10 | Place for kitchen scraps, such as those starting 16-, 24-, 32- and 44-Across |
| 33% | HIC | 3 | Drink brand with Boppin' Strawberry and Grabbin' Grape flavors (Hyph.) |
| 33% | NAPA | 4 | Valley that includes such wineries as Stags' Leap and Beringer |
| 33% | OZZFEST | 7 | Tour that featured bands such as Black Sabbath and Disturbed |
| 33% | CSI | 3 | A hugely popular forensic drama tv series that has spawned several spinoffs, such as "___: NY" |
| 33% | POPTARTS | 8 | Breakfast pastries with such flavors as Frosted Blueberry and Snickerdoodle: Hyph. |
| 32% | AOL | 3 | Company that owns websites such as The Huffington Post and TechCrunch |
| 32% | REM | 3 | Band that sang songs such as "Losing My Religion" and "Monster" |
| 32% | TCBY | 4 | Frozen dessert chain that sells such flavors as "fat free mountain blackberry" |
| 32% | SOBE | 4 | PepsiCo drink brand with such flavors as Offshore Breeze and Citrus Energy |
| 32% | HERB | 4 | Flavoring such as mint or parsley |
| 31% | URANUS | 6 | Planet in the Solar System that has 28 moons and that can become as cold as -320*F |
| 31% | TYBO | 4 | Holey, cream colored Danish cheese that has a smooth, salty flavor and is sometimes flavored with caraway seeds |
| 31% | KNOT | 4 | "The ___," wedding magazine and website that has affiliated sites such as "WeddingWire" and "Bodas" |
| 31% | HAM | 3 | ___ and bananas hollandaise, vintage recipe with cured pork that might have had an "interesting" flavor |
| 31% | ASSETS | 6 | Property that's owned, such as savings accounts and houses |
| 31% | VELVETREVOLVER | 14 | American hard rock supergroup that had Slash as a member and which produced the hit single "Slither": 2 wds. |
| 30% | AEI | 3 | Washington, DC-based think tank that currently has Paul Ryan and Paul Wolfowitz as scholars |
| 30% | YOYO | 4 | Toy that involves such techniques as "sleeping" and "looping": Hyph. |
| 30% | TUNA | 4 | ___ and Jell-O pie, vintage recipe with a saltwater fish that might have had an "interesting" flavor |
| 30% | CHUTNEY | 7 | Spread that is common in Indian cuisine and that has a spicy coconut variant |