| 100% | CANOPY | 6 | The tree tops in a rainforest |
| 54% | HUMID | 5 | Like the weather in a rainforest |
| 54% | BACKYARD | 8 | In a circus, the area behind the big top |
| 52% | CANOPY | 6 | Upper layer of habitat in a forest, tree tops |
| 52% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | Bird in a pear tree in the Christmas carol |
| 52% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | Bird in a pear tree, as per the carol |
| 52% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | Bird in a pear tree in the famous Christmas song |
| 51% | BERNADETTE | 10 | Title woman in a 1967 hit single by the Four Tops |
| 51% | ELM | 3 | Tree in the title of a horror film franchise |
| 50% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree that's the name of a city in Colorado |
| 50% | LEAF | 4 | It falls from a tree in the fall |
| 50% | NUMERATOR | 9 | Value in the top half of a fraction |
| 50% | TENT | 4 | What a "big top" is, in the circus |
| 49% | OPULENT | 7 | Over the top, in a way |
| 49% | EDEN | 4 | Place with a tree of immortality in the Quran |
| 49% | DATE | 4 | Field in the top right corner of a check |
| 49% | ONE | 3 | Figure in the top left of a crossword grid |
| 49% | ESC | 3 | Key in the top left corner of a keyboard |
| 49% | KELLYCLARKSON | 13 | "American Idol" winner whose "Underneath the Tree" topped the Adult Contemporary chart in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 49% | HERMIONE | 8 | & 13D Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Room at the Top |
| 48% | CIO | 3 | Top executive at a company in charge of the computer systems: Abbr. |
| 48% | LEAF | 4 | Part of a tree that changes color in the fall |
| 48% | REDWOOD | 7 | Tallest tree in the world and a US National Park |
| 48% | YES | 3 | Response in the top-left corner of a Ouija board |
| 48% | LIANA | 5 | Woody vine found in a rainforest |
| 48% | FOREST | 6 | "If a tree falls in the __..." |
| 48% | OUTRAN | 6 | Topped in a footrace |
| 48% | SEED | 4 | What is planted in the soil and could become a tree? |
| 48% | JOHNADAMS | 9 | Composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China |
| 48% | LEAF | 4 | Part of a tree that might fall off in the autumn |