| 100% | HICK | 4 | The ___ from French Lick (Larry Bird) |
| 95% | HICK | 4 | "The ___ from French Lick" (nickname for Larry Bird) |
| 49% | RAGOUT | 6 | Stew from French for "revive the taste" |
| 49% | EMU | 3 | Bird from the Australian outback |
| 49% | HERON | 5 | Bird from the Rhone, perhaps |
| 49% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird rising from the ashes |
| 48% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird that rises from the ashes |
| 48% | ECLAT | 5 | Flamboyance, from the French |
| 48% | BROUHAHA | 8 | Hubbub, from the French |
| 48% | MOT | 3 | Word from the French |
| 48% | BEAU | 4 | Wooer, from the French |
| 48% | SOIREES | 7 | Bashes, from the French |
| 48% | ETAPE | 5 | Encampment, from the French |
| 48% | IDEEFIXE | 8 | Preoccupation, from the French |
| 48% | FETE | 4 | Party, from the French |
| 48% | ADIEUS | 6 | Farewells, from the French |
| 48% | FINIS | 5 | Conclusion, from the French |
| 48% | MENAGE | 6 | Household, from the French |
| 48% | ESPRIT | 6 | Liveliness, from the French |
| 48% | SOIGNEE | 7 | Fashionable, from the French |
| 48% | MELEE | 5 | Fight, from the French |
| 48% | ENVOGUE | 7 | Fashionable, from the French |
| 47% | BIRD | 4 | Larry ___, 16-Across member from the Celtics |
| 47% | VOLVIC | 6 | French branded mineral water from the Auvergne |
| 47% | LARRYBIRD | 9 | American former basketball player nicknamed "The Hick from French Lick" who was the NBA Most Valuable Player thrice in the 80s: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MER | 3 | View from the French Riviera |
| 47% | MOUE | 4 | Sour look, from the French |
| 47% | RSVP | 4 | Common abbr. from the French |
| 47% | RENDEZVOUS | 10 | Get-together, from the French |
| 47% | FOLIEADEUX | 10 | Shared delusion, from the French |