| 100% | MADD | 4 | Tree with edible fruit, native to western Africa, known as the weda in French and the Moore language, but known as this in Wolof |
| 37% | APRICOT | 7 | Tree with yellow edible fruit native to Africa and W Asia |
| 32% | ACKEE | 5 | Tree of the soapberry family native to West Africa cultivated in the Caribbean for its fruit |
| 28% | FIG | 3 | Dry fruit native to the Middle East and Western Asia |
| 27% | RAMBUTAN | 8 | Tree native to SE Asia with bright red edible fruit |
| 27% | RAMBUTAN | 8 | Tree native to southeast Asia with bright red edible fruit |
| 26% | REDBUD | 6 | Tree with heart-shaped leaves and pinkish-red flowers such as the eastern — or western — |
| 26% | BASEBALL | 8 | UK game once known as "rounders", referenced in the 1740's and now known as this |
| 26% | NGAIO | 5 | Small tree found in New Zealand with light wood and edible fruit |
| 26% | GREAT | 5 | With 27-, 49- and 66-Across, phrase applicable to five innovations in this puzzle (as suggested by the starred clues) |
| 25% | NAHUATL | 7 | Language native to Mexico historically known as Aztec |
| 25% | SUN | 3 | Gainesville's daily, started in 1876 as the Times, but renamed in 1879 to this |
| 25% | SPIDERPLANT | 11 | Houseplant native to southern Africa also known as hen-and-chickens |
| 25% | MADRID | 6 | European capital known as the city of "Bear and the Strawberry Tree" |
| 24% | FIG | 3 | Fruit tree whose leaves were reportedly used by Adam and Eve in the Bible to cover themselves |
| 24% | FIG | 3 | Fruit-bearing tree whose leaves were used by Adam and Eve in the Bible to clothe themselves |
| 24% | AACHEN | 6 | German city known to the French as Aix-la-Chapelle and now a technology hub |
| 24% | KUDU | 4 | Beast that's a tribal totem of the Barolong and Batlhaping people of Southern Africa and known as a "tholo" in Tswana |
| 24% | IWOJIMA | 7 | Island in the Pacific also known as Iwo To; scene of prolonged fighting between Japan and the US in World War II |
| 24% | FIG | 3 | Fruit-bearing tree whose leaves were reportedly used by Adam and Eve in the Bible to cover themselves |
| 24% | BONE | 4 | Former name, under French rule, of the city and port in Algeria known now as Annaba |
| 24% | SECRET | 6 | With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle |
| 24% | EGGPLANT | 8 | This veggie is known as an aubergine in the UK |
| 24% | MAKEA | 5 | With 69- and 70-Across, get to the point . . . or what you’ll need to do with some of the answers in this puzzle? |
| 24% | GIANT | 5 | ___ Sequoia, tree native to California that is amongst the largest in the world |
| 24% | CHANDLER | 8 | ___ Bing, "Friends" character who dresses as Santa to impress Ben but ends up sharing the spotlight with Superman and the Holiday Armadillo |
| 23% | FAUXAMIS | 8 | Words in a foreign language that bear a deceptive resemblance to those in another, like the French "décevoir" ("disappoint") and the English "deceive" |
| 23% | IGUANA | 6 | In the Caribbean it's known as "the chicken of the trees" |
| 23% | COLA | 4 | Trees native to the tropical rainforests of Africa |
| 23% | DARDANELLES | 11 | With “the,” strait known in antiquity as the Hellespont |