| 100% | ONAN | 4 | ''Science is based . . . __ openness to see the universe as it really is'': Carl Sagan |
| 38% | SOUVESTRE | 9 | Emile —, author of 1846 science fiction novel The World As It Will Be |
| 37% | BOMBAY | 6 | Its port is known as the Gateway to India |
| 35% | HOMEEC | 6 | It was originally meant to be called “oekology,” the science of right living |
| 35% | URL | 3 | It is seen in the clue to 21 Down |
| 34% | ITINA | 5 | Autobiography on which the biopic "What's Love Got to Do With It" is based |
| 34% | PLAIN | 5 | "For it is ___ as anyone can see. We're simply meant to be," romantic words from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" |
| 33% | AEROSPACE | 9 | It really is rocket science |
| 33% | AERONAUTICS | 11 | It really is rocket science |
| 33% | SOAPSTONE | 9 | It is not possible to do the washing with it |
| 33% | NINE | 4 | Musical whose numerical title adds one-half to that of the Fellini film on which it is based |
| 32% | ATLAS | 5 | It can help you to see the world |
| 32% | ALEC | 4 | Someone whose nature is often seen as irritating, since they pretend to know it all |
| 32% | ITINA | 5 | Memoir that was adapted as the film "What's Love Got to Do With It" |
| 32% | SOUVESTRE | 9 | Emile —, author of 1846 novel The World As It Will Be |
| 32% | REALIST | 7 | Person accepting the world as it is |
| 32% | DULY | 4 | As it ought to be |
| 31% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 31% | TELESCOPE | 9 | You can use it to see the stars |
| 31% | WEBLOG | 6 | It is the same as blog |
| 31% | NEARAS | 6 | "As ___ dammit": so close to being dead on that it really makes no difference |
| 31% | AWLS | 4 | Tools where it's easy to see the point |
| 31% | KIWI | 4 | Bird whose name is the same as its call |
| 31% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 31% | MATCH | 5 | To be similar or the same as |
| 31% | TURNTOMUSH | 10 | Get all the feels, as it were |
| 31% | RIDER | 5 | It may be added to the bill |
| 31% | ALASKA | 6 | Its motto is "North to the future" |
| 31% | BIKELANE | 8 | It might be next to the shoulder |
| 31% | ODOR | 4 | It could be offensive to the nose |