| 100% | ASPENS | 6 | Trees that "at the cross-roads talk together," in an Edward Thomas poem |
| 33% | TIME | 4 | "One Day at a ___," sitcom that featured an animated episode as the series finale in season 4 |
| 33% | OWL | 3 | Bird in an Edward Lear poem |
| 33% | BLOWDOWN | 8 | Tree that fell in the wind |
| 33% | YARE | 4 | River in Norfolk that joins the River Chet at Hardley Cross |
| 33% | EDEN | 4 | Survival thriller, set on an idyllic island in the Galápagos, that had its première at TIFF (September, 2024) |
| 32% | BEARLEFT | 8 | One option at a fork in the road, and an apt description of 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across |
| 32% | MAPLE | 5 | Tree that turns vibrantly red in the fall |
| 32% | ACORN | 5 | The hard nut of an oak tree that falls in autumn |
| 32% | STOP | 4 | Word in an octagon on the road |
| 31% | OPRAH | 5 | "The ___ Winfrey Show," one of the defining landmarks of '80s TV that had an impact on all talk show formats in the future |
| 31% | MAPLE | 5 | Sugar ___, tree that turns fiery red in the fall |
| 31% | OFT | 3 | Thomas Moore poem "___ in the Stilly Night" |
| 30% | LEAF | 4 | Part of a tree that changes color in the fall |
| 30% | AND | 3 | The word that an ampersand stands in for |
| 30% | ELM | 3 | Tree that becomes a Muppet if you add an "o" to the end |
| 30% | NOCK | 4 | Notch at the end of an arrow that receives the bowstring |
| 30% | LEAF | 4 | Part of a tree that might fall off in the autumn |
| 30% | ENTS | 4 | Talking tree creatures in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 30% | ODES | 4 | Poems that often have "to a" in the title |
| 30% | NIP | 3 | ___ in the bud (stop at an early stage) |
| 30% | OAK | 3 | Tree that is one of the ten most common street names in the US |
| 30% | EROICA | 6 | Work first publicly performed at the Theater an der Wien in 1805 |
| 29% | PINENUT | 7 | Tree seed that's an ingredient in pesto: 2 wds. |
| 29% | INERTIA | 7 | In science, the property that keeps a body at rest |
| 29% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree that's the name of a city in Colorado |
| 29% | NOTTAKEN | 8 | "The Road ___," poem by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost (birthday yesterday) that was published in 1916: 2 wds. |
| 29% | PLASMA | 6 | Liquid in the blood that holds cells together |
| 29% | GWB | 3 | Landmark that crosses the Hudson at Ft. Lee |
| 29% | RANT | 4 | Talk at length in an angry |