| 100% | CHOP | 4 | "___ Suey!" song by System of a Down that a chef might rock out to while stir-frying a delicious Chinese dish |
| 35% | CHICKEN | 7 | "___ Fried," song by Zac Brown Band that a chef might hum while making buffalo wings |
| 31% | BOOK | 4 | "Cooking by the ___," LazyTown song a chef might sing while consulting a recipe manual for every tasty dish in this puzzle |
| 31% | CAKE | 4 | "___ by the Ocean," pop song by DNCE that a pastry chef might sing while frosting a chocolate sponge dessert |
| 30% | PIE | 3 | "American ___," song by Don McLean that a chef might sing while whipping up a lemon meringue dessert |
| 28% | APPLES | 6 | "___ and Bananas," children's song that a chef may sing while preparing a fruit salad |
| 25% | POND | 4 | Small body of water that a frog might hang out in |
| 23% | LAVA | 4 | Molten rock that spills out of a volcano |
| 23% | BEEPS | 5 | Things that may help you get out of a jam? |
| 22% | AARON | 5 | He doubted God's ability to bring water out of a rock |
| 22% | CAMOUFLAGEPANTS | 15 | What a dog might do to pretend it's not out of breath? |
| 22% | ANTHEM | 6 | Something that might get a rise out of people? |
| 22% | ITHINKHAILTO | 12 | Start of a quote by 53-Across, when asked to name his favorite song |
| 21% | DADA | 4 | One a baby may cry out to |
| 21% | SOME | 4 | "Pour ___ Sugar on Me," Def Leppard song a chef could belt while glazing a stack of sticky donuts |
| 21% | PIE | 3 | A wedge might come out of it |
| 20% | REDS | 4 | M&M's that were removed from 1976 to 1987 out of a health concern for a coloring dye |
| 20% | VNECK | 5 | Kind of shirt that might allow a man to show a little chest hair: Hyph. |
| 20% | SORTS | 5 | What a loser may be out of |
| 20% | LOOP | 4 | Part of a roller coaster that causes riders to go upside-down |
| 20% | OSAY | 4 | Start of a song that ends with "brave" |
| 20% | MOJOSHUPORK | 11 | Chinese dish that casts a spell? |
| 20% | VIA | 3 | By way of, to a traveler |
| 19% | RAFT | 4 | Simple boat that a castaway might try to build |
| 19% | ELBOW | 5 | Part of a shirt that may develop a hole |
| 19% | VERSE | 5 | Part of a song that's not the chorus |
| 19% | BOULDER | 7 | Rock that may be hard to roll |
| 19% | TOFU | 4 | High-protein vegan food that may replace meat in a stir-fry |
| 19% | ESP | 3 | Mental power that a psychic might claim to have: Abbr. |
| 19% | FIN | 3 | Part of a shark that sticks out above the water |