| 100% | ICE | 3 | ___ cutter, extinct occupation that was common before the invention of the refrigerator |
| 43% | OLMEC | 5 | Mesoamerican culture that is credited with the invention of popcorn |
| 42% | ROCKIGUANA | 10 | The Jamaican ___, a lizard that is one of the rarest creatures, and was declared extinct before being found again in 1970: 2 wds. |
| 39% | COLD | 4 | ___ open, term and scene that is shown before the title song of a TV show |
| 39% | ELVISHLIVES | 11 | Claim that a language in "The Lord of the Rings" is not extinct? |
| 37% | OAK | 3 | Tree that is one of the ten most common street names in the US |
| 37% | BRITISHENGLISH | 14 | Dialect that was called 22-Across before the age of colonialism |
| 36% | SWEET | 5 | The kind of dishes that are served before fruits in a multi-course meal |
| 35% | ROUGH | 5 | That part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short |
| 35% | JAWS | 4 | Film that was the highest-grossing of all time before "Star Wars" was released |
| 35% | REALNUMBER | 10 | Concept that was called 36-Across before research into the square root of negatives |
| 35% | LUNAR | 5 | Calendar that is based on the cycles of the Moon |
| 35% | INTERNET | 8 | Notable invention from the 20th century, that is a "network of networks", connecting devices worldwide |
| 35% | APTS | 4 | Small units that are usually under the supervision of the super |
| 34% | DODO | 4 | Extinct bird that used to roam the island of Mauritius |
| 34% | HELICOPTER | 10 | Invention whose successful model was made by Igor Sikorsky that was inspired by the sci-fi novel "Clipper of the Clouds" by Jules Verne |
| 34% | CLE | 3 | Ohio city that is home to the Browns of the NFL, for short |
| 34% | CDS | 3 | Music purchases that were common in the 1990s: Abbr. |
| 34% | VOLLEYS | 7 | Tennis shots that are hit before the ball bounces |
| 34% | PLUTO | 5 | Planet that was dropped from the list of planets |
| 34% | DODO | 4 | Bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius |
| 33% | ALPS | 4 | The hills that are alive in "The Sound of Music" |
| 33% | NUBIA | 5 | Egyptian region that was home to the kingdom of Kush |
| 33% | TELESCOPE | 9 | Notable invention from the 17th century, that is an assembly of lenses and allows us to look into space |
| 33% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep," in a nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 33% | MANGOS | 6 | Foods that can be prepared "hedgehog-style," so-named for the crisscross patterns of cuts |
| 33% | PAR | 3 | Score that will often make the cut in the Masters Tournament |
| 33% | AKRON | 5 | Ohio city that was once the Rubber Capital of the World |
| 33% | ONDISK | 6 | How much data was stored before the advent of 25-Down |
| 33% | HEELS | 5 | Shoes that may be carried by the end of the night |