| 100% | EER | 3 | "Thou art the first knave that ___ madest a duke": Vincentio |
| 37% | ACED | 4 | Made a serve that the opponent couldn't touch |
| 37% | IBM | 3 | Company that made the first ATM: Abbr. |
| 37% | IBM | 3 | Tech giant that made the first ATM: Abbr. |
| 37% | COWDUNG | 7 | Frozen substance that made the first hockey pucks |
| 36% | ATARI | 5 | Company that made the first successful arcade game, Pong |
| 34% | REO | 3 | 1976 rock album, or the first word of the band that made it |
| 34% | MOUSEKETEERS | 12 | Group that made their first TV appearance at the opening of 75-Down |
| 34% | RUBBER | 6 | The material that an eraser or a tire are made from |
| 34% | OROMEO | 6 | Start of the line that includes "wherefore art thou" |
| 34% | PIONEER | 7 | — 10, US spacecraft launched in 1972 that made the first fly-by of Jupiter |
| 33% | HANSON | 6 | Group that made up the word "MMMBop" in a 1997 song of the same name |
| 33% | HOWDO | 5 | Greeting that might be made with a tip of the hat |
| 33% | DOT | 3 | Mark that could be made by the tip of a pencil |
| 33% | GALILEO | 7 | Astronomer who was the first to discover that the Milky Way was made up of stars |
| 33% | HEYDIDDLEDIDDLE | 15 | First line of a nursery rhyme about the cow that jumped over the moon |
| 33% | HONDAACCORD | 11 | First car from a Japanese manufacturer to be made in the U.S. (1982) |
| 32% | DOME | 4 | "Under the ___" (Stephen King novel that was made into a CBS series) |
| 32% | LEGAL | 5 | Boston ___, law drama that made a reference to the Lillian Corporation from "Cheers" in the episode "Deep End of the Poole" |
| 32% | LOOKWHATYOU | 11 | "___ Made Me Do," the first single from 16a that was released late August and is a huge hit: 3 wds. |
| 32% | TOOTH | 5 | First ___, milestone that might mark the start of solid food in a baby's diet |
| 32% | OILERS | 6 | Team that won the first A.F.L. championship |
| 31% | OCULUS | 6 | Company that made a rift |
| 31% | ALA | 3 | Southern state that's first alphabetically in a list of the 50 states: Abbr. |
| 31% | QUILL | 5 | Writing tool made from a bird's feather, that preceded the pencil and pen |
| 31% | POST | 4 | First past the ___, British horse racing term that's commonly used to refer to a voting system |
| 31% | LIME | 4 | Fresh ___ soda, beverage made from a yellow citrus fruit that is popular during the summer |
| 31% | IDO | 3 | Promise that may be made in front of a justice of the peace (2 wds.) |
| 31% | HOTGIRLSUMMER | 13 | Seasonal catchphrase that's the title of a 2019 Megan Thee Stallion hit: 3 wds. |
| 31% | DEBUTED | 7 | Made a first appearance |