| 100% | CYLINDER | 8 | A tube with circular ends; a round column or pipe |
| 47% | CYLINDERS | 9 | Tubes with circular ends |
| 42% | HOOKAH | 6 | Pipe with a tube |
| 40% | TEE | 3 | Informal shirt with a round neck or a collar |
| 40% | CORER | 5 | Gizmo with a circular end |
| 40% | ROTUNDA | 7 | Round room or building with a domed roof |
| 39% | AMPULLA | 7 | A round Roman flask or bottle with two handles |
| 39% | HOOKAH | 6 | Pipe with a flexible tube |
| 39% | DARKTOWER | 9 | Round board game with a black column in the middle |
| 37% | AGLET | 5 | The metal or plastic tube on the end of a shoelace |
| 36% | CHOPPED | 7 | Cooking competition show that ends with a 30-minute dessert round |
| 36% | SENTENCE | 8 | It ends with a period or with jail time |
| 35% | BASINED | 7 | Enclosed in a round or oval-shaped tract of land, as with a lake |
| 35% | ANT | 3 | Common ending to "pant" and "giant" ... or with 42d, a digging insect |
| 35% | HIVE | 4 | With 58-Across, collective consciousness ... or a hint to the ends of 19-, 35- and 52-Across |
| 35% | RING | 4 | Bell ___, loud chiming sound that signals the start or end of a round in boxing |
| 35% | MARIGOLD | 8 | Orange or yellow flower whose name ends with a precious metal |
| 34% | MAIL | 4 | With 37-Across, perform perfunctorily … or a hint to the ends of 16-, 25-, 41- and 55-Across |
| 34% | TAWNY | 5 | & 13D Common European bird with reddish-brown or grey plumage, black eyes and a round head |
| 34% | BARBERSHOP | 10 | With 63-Across, singing group ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 34% | ZIP | 3 | With 14-Across, five or nine digits at the end of a snail mail address |
| 33% | SYRINGE | 7 | A tube with a plunger for administering medicine |
| 32% | HOSE | 4 | Tube with a nozzle |
| 32% | GUNBARREL | 9 | Tube with a chamber |
| 32% | DOMED | 5 | With a rounded roof |
| 32% | BELL | 4 | Signal that ends a round, in boxing |
| 32% | TAILBONE | 8 | End of a spinal column |
| 32% | CONCLUDE | 8 | End a meeting or book |
| 32% | DROPTHEMIC | 10 | End a monologue with flair |