| 100% | SKINDEEP | 8 | Beauty's only __; look beneath the surface |
| 64% | SNORKELS | 8 | Looks beneath the surface, in a way |
| 51% | MAGMA | 5 | Molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface |
| 51% | INNER | 5 | Beneath the surface |
| 51% | INWARDLY | 8 | Beneath the surface |
| 51% | XXXXXXXXXX | 10 | Beneath the surface |
| 50% | NETHER | 6 | Situated beneath the earth's surface |
| 49% | SUBSOIL | 7 | Earth that is immediately beneath the surface |
| 48% | MAGMA | 5 | Lava, beneath the surface |
| 47% | ROOT | 4 | It grows beneath the surface |
| 47% | UBOATS | 6 | They hid beneath the surface |
| 47% | UNDERTALE | 9 | Toby Fox video game set beneath the Earth's surface |
| 45% | SUBMARINE | 9 | Sea vessel that can operate beneath the surface |
| 44% | OAR | 3 | Blade that goes beneath the surface of the water |
| 43% | EMPTYSUITS | 10 | Execs who only look the part |
| 43% | ROADBED | 7 | Surface beneath the crossties |
| 43% | SUB | 3 | Vessel that travels beneath the surface of the water, for short |
| 42% | KIPOANDTHEAGE | 13 | With 32-Across, animated series about a girl from beneath the Earth's surface: 4 wds. |
| 41% | BERG | 4 | On the surface it might not look like much |
| 40% | TEXTURE | 7 | The feel and look of a patterned surface |
| 38% | PERELMAN | 8 | S J —, American humorist whose Broadway plays include The Beauty Part |
| 37% | ZESTERS | 7 | They only scrape the surface |
| 37% | SEWELL | 6 | Anna whose "Black Beauty" was the only novel she wrote |
| 36% | MAGMA | 5 | Substance beneath the Earth’s crust |
| 36% | MANTLE | 6 | Layer beneath the earth's crust |
| 36% | BEAST | 5 | Beauty's beloved from the fairytale |
| 36% | CRATERS | 7 | Large cavities on the moon's surface |
| 36% | DEADSEA | 7 | *Lowest point on the earth's surface |
| 36% | RIPPLE | 6 | Small wave in the water's surface |
| 36% | CHASMS | 6 | Deep cracks in the Earth's surface |