| 100% | TARTARIC | 8 | — acid, substance found in grapes used in the food industry as an antioxidant |
| 44% | CITRIC | 6 | — acid, substance found in many fruits used as a flavouring |
| 42% | ACACIA | 6 | Tree which yields gum arabic, used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in the food industry |
| 37% | TANNIN | 6 | Yellowish or brownish organic substance used in the leather industry |
| 37% | ACETIC | 6 | __ acid, found in vinegar, used as solvent |
| 36% | LACTIC | 6 | — acid, colourless substance found in sour milk used in preservative E270 |
| 35% | AGAR | 4 | Substance used as thickener in foods |
| 34% | GRAPHITE | 8 | Substance used as the "lead" in pencils |
| 33% | CURD | 4 | Substance used in cheese-making formed from the coagulation of milk by acid or rennet |
| 32% | SNOOD | 5 | Hair covering in the food industry |
| 31% | ABDOMINAL | 9 | Muscle in the stomach known as an "ab" |
| 31% | ANNATTO | 7 | Tropical American tree also called the achiote whose seeds produce an orange-red dye used in food colouring |
| 31% | NITRIC | 6 | Kind of acid used as one of the components of the BOMARC long-range missile used in the US Cold War defense system |
| 30% | ACID | 4 | Corrosive substance found in the stomach |
| 30% | SEWING | 6 | __ machines, used in the garment-making industry |
| 30% | SOLVE | 5 | Find the answer to, as an equation |
| 30% | BORIC | 5 | Acid used as an antiseptic |
| 30% | FORAGES | 7 | Finds food in the wild |
| 30% | GUT | 3 | Fibrous substance extracted from silkworms used in the manufacture of fishing tackle |
| 30% | LSD | 3 | Substance used in the CIA mind-control operation Project MKUltra |
| 30% | BORIC | 5 | Weak acid found near volcanoes used in pottery |
| 30% | MODIFIED | 8 | The M in GMO, used in food production |
| 30% | SLAYED | 6 | Left rolling in the aisles, as an audience |
| 30% | SAG | 3 | Droop in the middle, as an old sofa |
| 30% | SAG | 3 | Droop in the middle, as an old mattress |
| 30% | WAFT | 4 | Be carried in the air, as an aroma |
| 30% | SAG | 3 | Sink in the middle, as an old mattress |
| 30% | TENANTED | 8 | In use, as an apartment building |
| 29% | PLANE | 5 | Playful paper projects! Flight that may be created as an origami craft, and used by kids to pretend-fly in the air |
| 29% | DYNE | 4 | Unit usually used in the definition of an erg |