| 100% | STOOLS | 6 | Chairs with three legs and no back |
| 50% | STOOL | 5 | Chair with no back |
| 48% | TRIPOD | 6 | Stand with three legs, stumble, and ring head doctor |
| 44% | SKINKS | 6 | Lizards with no necks and small legs |
| 40% | STOOL | 5 | Seat with three legs |
| 40% | TAPIR | 5 | Mammal with four toes on the front feet and three on the back |
| 39% | STOOL | 5 | Bar seat with three legs |
| 39% | STOOLS | 6 | Kitchen seats with three legs |
| 37% | ANT | 3 | Critter with three left legs |
| 36% | IRREVOCABLY | 11 | With no going back |
| 36% | SOLO | 4 | With no back up |
| 35% | UPHOLSTER | 9 | Cover a chair with cushion and fabric |
| 35% | SPREADEAGLE | 11 | With arms and legs outstretched |
| 35% | SPREADEAGLED | 12 | With arms and legs outstretched |
| 35% | NEW | 3 | With no wear and tear |
| 35% | 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 |
| 35% | TRIPOD | 6 | Stand on three legs, fall, and do over |
| 35% | CHAISE | 6 | __ longue, chair with a back on one side |
| 35% | TRIFOCAL | 8 | Lens with three points: near, medium and far |
| 34% | CLOGGED | 7 | Backed up with hair and debris |
| 34% | SNAKE | 5 | Reptile with no legs |
| 34% | SOFA | 4 | It has arms, legs and feet but no hands |
| 34% | SOFA | 4 | It has arms, legs and feet, but no hands |
| 34% | ACAI | 4 | Berry with three vowels and three syllables |
| 34% | VEST | 4 | Three-piece suit component with no sleeves |
| 34% | CARDTABLE | 9 | One with four legs and many hands? |
| 34% | BALLADE | 7 | Poem with three stanzas and an envoi |
| 34% | CORNETTO | 8 | Three Flavours __, trilogy with Pegg and Frost |
| 34% | ISAAC | 5 | Hayes with three Grammys and an Oscar |
| 34% | SQUID | 5 | Animal with three hearts and eight arms |