| 100% | CHARD | 5 | Vegetable that’s the same species as the mangel-wurzel and the beet |
| 47% | ONIONS | 6 | Vegetables in the same family as shallots and leeks |
| 47% | SEMI | 4 | Prefix that means the same thing as, and rhymes with, "hemi-" and "demi-" |
| 46% | OREO | 4 | Cookie that's the same color as crosswords |
| 46% | OPAL | 4 | Gemstone that's often polished to an oval ... and has three of the same letters as "oval" |
| 44% | GEESE | 5 | Birds that belong to the same family as ducks, and migrate in the fall season |
| 44% | YEA | 3 | Word that means the same thing, and has the same letters as, "aye" |
| 44% | TRIO | 4 | Band that's the same size as Nirvana or the Chicks |
| 44% | PANDA | 5 | Large Chinese animal that's the same colors as a crossword puzzle |
| 44% | AON | 3 | ___ Center (third tallest buildings in both Chicago and LA, having the same name as the company that operates there) |
| 44% | ELLE | 4 | Name that's the same forward and backward |
| 44% | AVA | 3 | Name that's the same forward and backward |
| 44% | OTTO | 4 | Name that's the same forward and backward |
| 43% | SOMENIGHTS | 10 | #3 fun. hit with the same title as the album that 14-, 19- and 44-Across are on: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BFLAT | 5 | Piano key that's the same as A sharp |
| 43% | ALIT | 4 | Past-tense verb that is the same as its present-tense form minus the fourth and fifth letters |
| 43% | WINGS | 5 | Sitcom that exists in the same universe as "Cheers" and stars Tim Daly and Steven Weber |
| 43% | COUGH | 5 | *Flu symptom that ends the same as 17a, 19a, 47a and 46d, but does not rhyme |
| 43% | DOUGH | 5 | *Baking mixture that ends the same as 19a, 34a, 47a and 46d, but does not rhyme |
| 43% | ONLYTHELONELY | 13 | 1960 Roy Orbison hit that has the same title as, and is featured in, a 1991 John Candy film (3 wds.) |
| 43% | YOU | 3 | Pronoun that's the same in the singular and plural |
| 43% | MADAM | 5 | Term of address that's the same forward and backward |
| 42% | ENOUGH | 6 | *"Just can't get ___" (non-rhyming word that ends the same as 17a, 34a, 47a and 46d) |
| 42% | YEN | 3 | Currency that uses the same symbol as the yuan |
| 42% | ROUGH | 5 | *Uneven or coarse surface that ends the same as 17a, 19a, 34a and 47a, but does not rhyme |
| 41% | OTTO | 4 | Man's name that reads the same forward and backward |
| 41% | ANNA | 4 | Girl's name that reads the same forward and backward |
| 41% | LEVEL | 5 | Carpenter's tool that reads the same forward and backward |
| 41% | OTTO | 4 | Boy's name that reads the same forward and backward |
| 41% | TOOT | 4 | Horn's sound that reads the same forward and backward |