| 100% | VALKYRIES | 9 | Those tending to the fallen warriors called einherjar, in myth |
| 40% | ICARUS | 6 | Flew too close to the sun and fell in a Greek myth |
| 38% | GEESE | 5 | Birds that belong to the same family as ducks, and migrate in the fall season |
| 37% | WATERS | 6 | Tends to the plants, in a way |
| 37% | HOED | 4 | Tended to the garden, in a way |
| 36% | DESKTOP | 7 | Computer that tends to stay in one place |
| 36% | GARDENED | 8 | Tended to flowers in the backyard |
| 35% | CITRUS | 6 | Fruit type that tends to be in season in winter |
| 35% | WILDFLOUR | 9 | Ingredient that tends to fly out of the stand mixer? |
| 34% | ICARUS | 6 | In myth he flew too close to the sun |
| 34% | ICARUS | 6 | He flew too close to the sun, in myth |
| 34% | ACHERON | 7 | River to the underworld, in Greek myth |
| 34% | ICARUS | 6 | In myth, one who flew too close to the sun |
| 33% | MOVERS | 6 | Businesses that tend to be busiest at the starts and ends of months |
| 33% | BOSSANOVA | 9 | Dance similar to the samba that originated in Brazil |
| 33% | BLOWDOWN | 8 | Tree that fell in the wind |
| 32% | OCEANOS | 7 | In Greek myth, the river that surrounds the Earth |
| 32% | ASTROS | 6 | Team that moved to the American League in 2013 |
| 32% | SKYLAB | 6 | Orbiter that fell to Earth in 1979 |
| 32% | ASTER | 5 | Flower that blooms in the early fall |
| 32% | LOVEYOU | 7 | "I Just Called to Say I ___," song from "The Woman in Red" that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 32% | STYX | 4 | River that separates Earth and the Underworld, in Greek myth |
| 32% | LINEUP | 6 | The order that players are up to bat in baseball |
| 32% | MCIV | 4 | Year that Acre fell in the First Crusade |
| 32% | ACIDRAIN | 8 | Pollution that falls from the sky in drops |
| 31% | HADITH | 6 | Saying attributed to the prophet Muhammad that is not found in the Koran |
| 31% | RAMS | 4 | Team that lost to the Patriots in the 2019 Super Bowl |
| 31% | ACORN | 5 | The hard nut of an oak tree that falls in autumn |
| 31% | RBI | 3 | In baseball, the plays that allow a run to be scored |
| 31% | NIP | 3 | ___ in the air, fall-related idiom that means chilly weather |