| 100% | OOLONG | 6 | The name of a kind of tea that means "black dragon" in Chinese |
| 47% | SHU | 3 | Word in the name of a Chinese pork dish |
| 47% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree that's the name of a city in Colorado |
| 46% | SEARS | 5 | Appliance giant that was once the name of a tower in Chicago |
| 45% | DORIS | 5 | Name of a weather bomb that hit the UK in 2017 |
| 45% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal direction that’s not in the name of a U.S. state |
| 45% | EGG | 3 | ___ cream, misleading name of a drink that contains neither of the ingredients in its name |
| 45% | SUGARPLUM | 9 | Christmas treat that's also the name of a fairy in "The Nutcracker" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | DEAL | 4 | Word that appears twice in the name of a game show hosted by Howie Mandel |
| 45% | HAL | 3 | Name that's one of the halves of a word in this clue |
| 45% | KOI | 3 | A kind of pond, named after the ornamental fish found in said pond |
| 44% | PERSEIDS | 8 | Name of a major 14-Across that peaks early in the week of August 12, 2019 |
| 44% | PAPARAZZI | 9 | Term that comes from the name of a news photographer in Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” |
| 44% | EXT | 3 | Kind of shot that's the opposite of a 47-Across in a screenplay |
| 44% | INT | 3 | Kind of shot that's the opposite of a 38-Down in a screenplay |
| 44% | SWEET | 5 | The kind of dishes that are served before fruits in a multi-course meal |
| 44% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 44% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "commotion" that's in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 44% | NISI | 4 | Legal term meaning "not yet final" that's also the name of Halle Berry's character in "B.A.P.S" |
| 44% | JACKSPARROW | 11 | Rakish captain in "Pirates of the Caribbean" whose last name is a kind of bird: 2 wds. |
| 44% | RHESUS | 6 | Animal that shares its name with a king of Thrace in the "Iliad" |
| 43% | SCUD | 4 | Name of a missile used in the gulf war, which means to move quickly like clouds |
| 43% | AVIV | 4 | Part of a city name that means "spring" in Hebrew |
| 43% | OOLONG | 6 | Beverage whose name means "black dragon" in Chinese |
| 43% | QUIZ | 4 | Highest-scoring four-letter word in Scrabble that also means a kind of a test |
| 43% | EDINBURGH | 9 | A town in Indiana that shares its name with the capital of Scotland |
| 43% | YAHOO | 5 | Word coined by Jonathan Swift in "Gulliver's Travels" that's now also the name of a popular email service |
| 42% | REM | 3 | Band that took its name from a stage of sleep Michael Stipe found in the dictionary |
| 42% | COG | 3 | ___ in the machine, phrase associated with machines that means "small part of a large organization" |
| 42% | BOOT | 4 | Surname for a wizarding family in the "Harry Potter" universe that is also the name for a type of winter footwear |