| 100% | PUCKERS | 7 | Badly sewn material leads to these fabric wrinkles |
| 35% | RRATING | 7 | Nudity might lead to this |
| 34% | LEASTRESISTANCE | 15 | The path can lead to this |
| 33% | ROME | 4 | All roads lead to this, they say |
| 33% | JOBOFFER | 8 | A successful interview may lead to this invitation |
| 32% | BLACKOUT | 8 | A 2003 faulty electric grid led to this in Toronto |
| 30% | STITCHES | 8 | These are sewn to close a wound |
| 29% | PATCHWORK | 9 | Sewing squares of fabric together to make quilts |
| 29% | STAIRWAY | 8 | Led Zeppelin sang of this route to heaven |
| 29% | APPLIQUE | 8 | Fabric pieces sewn on fabric to create a pattern |
| 29% | APPLIQUE | 8 | Fabric shapes sewn on to a bigger fabric piece |
| 29% | BACKING | 7 | Material used to support the underside of a fabric |
| 29% | COTTON | 6 | This material, not paper, used to print US money |
| 29% | SLIPCOVER | 9 | Fabric sewn, shaped to hide ugly upholstery |
| 29% | AWLS | 4 | Sewing tools used to stitch heavy materials |
| 28% | WEAVE | 5 | To intertwine material to create a new piece of fabric |
| 28% | PATCHING | 8 | Sewing on a piece of material to cover a hole |
| 28% | INSULT | 6 | This is added to injury to make a situation worse |
| 28% | GUSSET | 6 | Shaped fabric piece sewn in to provide "give" |
| 28% | CHISEL | 6 | Strike this tool with mallet to shape material |
| 28% | GLASS | 5 | Melt this mirror material to make fun "bubbles" |
| 28% | DAVIDPETRAEUS | 13 | An affair with 1-/19-Across led to this general's resignation as CIA director: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BIO | 3 | Lead-in to "degradable" for an environment-friendly type of material |
| 28% | SMOOTHING | 9 | Using your hands to get wrinkles out of fabric |
| 28% | GUSSET | 6 | Extra material sewn into a garment to add strength |
| 27% | ATF | 3 | Chuck Canterbury has been nominated to lead this DOJ bureau |
| 27% | ATF | 3 | Chuck Canterbury had been nominated to lead this DOJ bureau |
| 26% | SHIN | 4 | Doing a 10 mile hike with a 60lb. backpack in full combat gear may lead to this type of splint |
| 25% | WHATANHOPPERTUNITY | 18 | "This could lead to something big!" |
| 25% | MARIAMEKABA | 11 | Organizer who said, “Let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair” |