| 100% | ISETTA | 6 | BMW ___, Italian-designed automobile with an egg shape and three wheels first sold in 1953 |
| 30% | IMAC | 4 | Computer once with an egg-shaped design |
| 28% | GRIEVE | 6 | First automobile (2-door, 5-seater) designed and built in S. America (Lima, 1908) |
| 26% | METEOR | 6 | Ford ___, automobile first sold in 1949 whose name is an alias for "shooting star" |
| 26% | FREEFORM | 8 | With an irregular shape or design |
| 24% | TIRAMISU | 8 | Layered dessert with coffee-soaked cake and creamy cheese, that you'd find in an Italian bakery |
| 24% | JULIE | 5 | Andrews with an Oscar, two Emmys and three Grammys |
| 24% | MORK | 4 | TV alien with an egg-shaped ship |
| 24% | OSCARS | 6 | Event first televised in 1953, with "the" |
| 24% | STOPMAKINGSENSE | 15 | No longer be comprehensible ... and, with its first word divided in three parts, a hint to how to read this puzzle's title |
| 24% | DREAMACT | 8 | Legislation with an aspirational-sounding acronym, first introduced in 2001 |
| 24% | WHO | 3 | First baseman in an Abbott and Costello routine |
| 23% | AOL | 3 | Company with an I.P.O. in both 1992 and 2009 |
| 23% | CSIMIAMI | 8 | First of three spinoffs in an acclaimed TV franchise |
| 23% | RICOTTA | 7 | An Italian whey cheese used in lasagna and ravioli |
| 23% | GUNSMITH | 8 | An expert in the design and repair of firearms |
| 23% | BALLADE | 7 | Poem with three stanzas and an envoi |
| 23% | ISAAC | 5 | Hayes with three Grammys and an Oscar |
| 23% | GEOMETRIC | 9 | A design with repeated lines and shapes |
| 23% | OTHELLO | 7 | Game with an annual world championship, first held in Tokyo in 1977 |
| 23% | OPEC | 4 | Gp. with an HQ in Vienna and an official language of English |
| 23% | IAMSAM | 6 | First three words of "Green Eggs and Ham" (3 wds.) |
| 23% | HAND | 4 | Part with an "hour," "minutes" and "seconds" unit in 16a |
| 23% | AXLE | 4 | Spindle passing through the wheels in an automobile |
| 23% | PICKLE | 6 | "Hatch an eggs-citing plan!" Type of eggs cured in vinegar and brine |
| 23% | ANDREA | 6 | First name that's feminine in English and masculine in Italian |
| 23% | XXXXX | 5 | Shape of the first and last letters in the Subway logo |
| 23% | AXLE | 4 | Rod going through the two wheels in an automobile |
| 22% | CARBONARA | 9 | Italian pasta dish with guanciale, cheese and eggs |
| 22% | OREO | 4 | Cookie in the shape of its first and last letters |