| 100% | PATTERN | 7 | A model or design used as a guide in sewing |
| 60% | PATTERN | 7 | Paper design used as a model for sewing |
| 48% | TEMPLATE | 8 | Stencil or other pattern to use as a guide |
| 44% | PROTOTYPE | 9 | A first or early example that is used as a model |
| 42% | SERGES | 6 | Twilled or woolen fabrics as used in a film's costuming dept. |
| 41% | PILL | 4 | A tablet or capsule used as medication |
| 41% | CITES | 5 | Uses as a reference in a bibliography |
| 41% | TEMPLATE | 8 | Pattern used as a guide |
| 41% | CITES | 5 | Uses as a reference in a research paper |
| 41% | EMULATE | 7 | Use as a model |
| 41% | EMULATING | 9 | Using as a model |
| 40% | LOADSTAR | 8 | Star used as a guide (variant sp.) |
| 40% | PEG | 3 | Piece used as a marker in Battleship |
| 40% | OKRA | 4 | Vegetable used as a thickener in gumbo |
| 40% | ADMIRED | 7 | Used as a role model |
| 40% | STANCHION | 9 | Vertical pole or rod used as a support |
| 40% | ARROWROOT | 9 | Plant starch used as a thickener in sauces |
| 40% | LAMPBLACK | 9 | Soot used as a pigment in paints, inks |
| 40% | LENDINGOUT | 10 | Allowing use of, as a library does ... or, in three parts, a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 39% | TAPESTRY | 8 | Fabric with woven design used as a wall hanging |
| 39% | STENCIL | 7 | Cutout of a shape or design used multiple times |
| 39% | PIGEON | 6 | Type of bird used as a messenger in WWII |
| 39% | CLOVES | 6 | Dry flower buds used as a spice in meat |
| 39% | RAT | 3 | Animal fittingly used as a motif in "The Departed" |
| 39% | ZEST | 4 | Citrus peel used as a garnish in cocktails, say |
| 39% | SLAG | 4 | Something left over from the Bessemer process that could be used in fertilizer or as a cement additive |
| 39% | PIPET | 5 | Thin glass tube used as a dropper in a lab |
| 39% | MARIGOLD | 8 | Color and flower used as a motif in Monsoon Wedding |
| 39% | ALLY | 4 | A partner or friend, as in a war |
| 39% | ETCH | 4 | Engrave, as a design in glass |