| 100% | ALAR | 4 | Alternate name for the chemical Daminozide, used as a pesticide on fruit until banned by the EPA in 1989 |
| 38% | TAM | 3 | Alternate name for the traditional weight unit defined by "as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole", now fixed at 60 kilograms |
| 34% | DDT | 3 | Pesticide banned by the EPA in 1972 (Abbr.) |
| 32% | JOHNNYENGLISH | 13 | A comically incompetent spy for "MI7," created as a parody of 50a, and portrayed by Rowan Atkinson in the films by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BPA | 3 | Chemical compound banned in baby bottles by the F.D.A., for short |
| 31% | BBALL | 5 | A casual name for the sport played by teams in 16a: Hyph. |
| 31% | NGALIEMA | 8 | Bay used as a port for Kinshasa in the DRC |
| 30% | AGOUTI | 6 | In the Ivory Coast, the greater cane rat, a farm pest, is known by this name, a name used in South America for another farm pest |
| 30% | TIN | 3 | Chemical abbreviation for titanium nitride , often used as a corrosion resisnt coating on machine tools |
| 30% | LIME | 4 | Yellow-green color named for the fruit used in many cocktails |
| 30% | PEACH | 5 | Color named for the interior flesh of the fruit used in cobbler |
| 29% | DDT | 3 | Pesticide banned by the EPA |
| 29% | AGENTORANGE | 11 | Highly poisonous herbicide used as a spray for crop destruction by the US during the Vietnam War |
| 29% | OTTAWA | 6 | Capital on a 126-mile-long canal that's used as a skating rink in the winter |
| 29% | DDT | 3 | Pesticide banned by the EPA: Abbr. |
| 29% | BROCK | 5 | British name for a badger used as a form of address in stories |
| 28% | MINI | 4 | "___ Hollywood," former name for the Spanish Western theme park used as a set for "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" |
| 28% | BOAT | 4 | "The Girl on the ___," a novel by P.G. Wodehouse published as a book in 1922 |
| 28% | YERBA | 5 | ___ mate, traditionally consumed as a drink in Paraguay and originally used by the Guaraní people |
| 28% | AGENT | 5 | & 6D Highly poisonous herbicide used as a spray for defoliation and crop destruction by the US during the Vietnam War |
| 28% | DDT | 3 | Harmful pesticide banned by the EPA (Abbr.) |
| 28% | BAKER | 5 | "I used to be a ___ until I found out I was in it for the dough!" |
| 27% | CLARENCE | 8 | Darrow referred to as the "Attorney for the Damned" in a 2011 book by John A. Farrell |
| 27% | POI | 3 | Name of a Maori performing art as well as the equipment used for this art |
| 27% | TIL | 3 | Alternate name for the stinkwood tree that grows in the Canary Islands |
| 27% | MAGNIFICAT | 10 | In Christianity, the hymn of the Virgin Mary used as a canticle |
| 27% | DATES | 5 | Fruits sometimes used as a replacement for sugar |
| 27% | AGNUSDEI | 8 | Liturgy that takes its name from a term for Jesus used by John the Baptist |
| 27% | CLR | 3 | Big name in household cleaners, founded by Manny Gutterman and advertised on '80s TV as a hard water stain remover |