| 100% | DUMBWAITER | 10 | A labor-saving device invented by 44-Down was the … |
| 41% | GYROSCOPE | 9 | Device invented by Leon Foucault consisting of a spinning wheel on an axle |
| 41% | PRINTINGPRESS | 13 | Device invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the fifteenth century |
| 40% | VERUCASALT | 10 | Child in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" who is thrown down a garbage chute by squirrels: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DUSTINDIAMOND | 13 | "Saved by the Bell" actor whose surname is a place for baseball: 2 wds. |
| 40% | HAKEEMOLAJUWAN | 14 | Basketball Hall of Famer whose #34 is retired by the Houston Rockets who was once a member of 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CLYDEDREXLER | 12 | Basketball Hall of Famer whose #22 is retired by the Houston Rockets who was once a member of 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | SAINT | 5 | Ulrich was the first one created by a pope |
| 39% | WIPER | 5 | Windshield ___, rainy day car device invented by Mary Anderson that was patented in 1903 |
| 39% | INDUCTION | 9 | The artificial starting of labor by a doctor |
| 39% | BATTLEZONE | 10 | Classic arcade game released by Atari in 1980 in which the goal is to save a tank from attacks by other tanks and missiles |
| 38% | LIGHTNING | 9 | The earth is hit by __ 100 times a second |
| 38% | ONE | 3 | The result when a number is divided by itself |
| 38% | BEGS | 4 | Is a bad dog by the dinner table, say |
| 38% | SHERYLSWOOPES | 13 | She was the first player signed by a WNBA team: 2 wds. |
| 38% | AFRICA | 6 | Continent with Nigeria that is the subject of a song by Toto |
| 38% | WONONPOINTS | 11 | Was victorious in the ring, but not by a knockout |
| 38% | FORMAT | 6 | The way a computer file is saved e.g. .txt |
| 38% | HOWTO | 5 | "___ Save a Life" (song by the Fray): 2 wds. |
| 38% | WRAPBATTLE | 10 | Then, by the sandwich counter, there was a... |
| 38% | SLIPPEDDISC | 11 | Record going down the charts is a pain |
| 37% | WHERE | 5 | "___ Is the Love?" question posed by the Black Eyed Peas in a 2003 song |
| 37% | FAERIES | 7 | Creatures of which Gloriana is the “Queene,” in a work by Edmund Spenser |
| 37% | NERO | 4 | He was declared a public enemy by the Senate |
| 37% | SOAP | 4 | It may be in a dish by the sink |
| 37% | SUCKER | 6 | __ punch is thrown after a lapse by the opponent |
| 37% | TREES | 5 | According to the poet's oldest son, it was written "by a window looking down a wooded hill" |
| 37% | NEA | 3 | US organization which is the largest labor union and a professional interest group: Abbr. |
| 37% | BRANDY | 6 | It was invented from boiling wine by a Dutch man |
| 37% | BELL | 4 | "Saved by the ___," sitcom which is a successful spin-off series of "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" created by Sam Bobrick |