| 100% | ALE | 3 | The "tan" in a black and tan |
| 100% | ALE | 3 | The tan in a Black and Tan |
| 88% | ALE | 3 | Beer that's the "tan" in a Black and Tan cocktail |
| 78% | ALE | 3 | Traditional "tan" in a black and tan |
| 75% | ALE | 3 | Ingredient in a black and tan |
| 68% | RUNATAB | 7 | Be in the red for black and tans? |
| 63% | DUDLEY | 6 | Black Country town in the West Midlands housing a castle and zoo |
| 60% | ALE | 3 | Half of a black and tan |
| 58% | JAMAICANRUM | 11 | The "dark" in a Dark and Stormy, perhaps |
| 57% | SHAGGY | 6 | The __ Dog is a black and white Walt Disney film |
| 56% | MIXER | 5 | The 7-Up in a 7 and 7 |
| 55% | AIMEE | 5 | She played the woman in "A Man and a Woman" |
| 55% | TYRA | 4 | Emily ___, "Code Black" actress who trained in ballet and started as a dancer at the Boston Ballet |
| 54% | HASID | 5 | Jew traditionally dressed in a black coat and hat |
| 54% | EIGHTBALL | 9 | The black sphere in a billiards game |
| 53% | BRAKEJOBS | 9 | Garage offerings, and a phonetic hint to what the black squares in rows 3, 5, 11 and 13 do |
| 53% | EIGHTBALL | 9 | The black sphere in a game of pool |
| 53% | VISCOUNT | 8 | A biscuit and a rank in the peerage |
| 53% | AUSTRALIA | 9 | A Commonwealth and the largest country in Oceania |
| 53% | TONALITY | 8 | The shading and hues used in a painting |
| 53% | POLYVINYL | 9 | The P and V in a PVC pipe |
| 52% | HOLLIES | 7 | The ___ (British Invasion group with the hit "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress") |
| 52% | TTTTTTGROUPS | 12 | The Beatles and the Dave Clark Five, in a way |
| 52% | POT | 3 | One calling the kettle black, in a phrase |
| 52% | POT | 3 | One calling the kettle black, in a saying |
| 52% | POT | 3 | It calls the kettle black, in a saying |
| 51% | ENDS | 4 | A and Z, in the alphabet |
| 51% | TAO | 3 | A cosmic and spiritual principle which is popular in the East |
| 51% | RAISEMONEY | 10 | Get support, in a way ... and what the puzzle circles do |
| 51% | CAROLINA | 8 | Has a North and South state in the USA |