| 100% | PASTA | 5 | Cheese ___, a staple of Italian cuisine that can either be baked or boiled |
| 39% | OLIVE | 5 | Mediterranean fruit commonly used in Italian cuisine that is a healthy source of fat |
| 38% | ACEOFCLUBS | 10 | Certain card that can be either high or low in a deck |
| 38% | ALE | 3 | Bar order that could be either in a bottle or on tap |
| 38% | NAN | 3 | Word that can be a type of flatbread or a woman's nickname |
| 38% | SPIGOT | 6 | Item that can be part of a turn-off or turn-on event |
| 37% | PUMPKIN | 7 | Fall vegetable that can be carved into a lantern or baked as a pie |
| 36% | SPOT | 4 | Small round shape that can be part of a pattern, such as on a ladybird or leopard |
| 35% | STRING | 6 | Type of cheese that can be peeled from a stick |
| 35% | BOLOGNA | 7 | Type of deli meat that can be made into a layered cake with cream cheese |
| 34% | POTATOHEAD | 10 | Toy that can be either Mr. or Mrs. ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 34% | ANAGRAM | 7 | A word or phrase that can be formed using the letters of another word |
| 33% | POTATO | 6 | Vegetable that can be mashed or baked |
| 33% | POTATO | 6 | Tuber that can be mashed, roasted or baked |
| 33% | SAL | 3 | Nickname that can be either masculine or feminine |
| 33% | BEE | 3 | Insect that could be a bumble or honey |
| 33% | DUST | 4 | Contronym that could either mean to remove or to apply a certain substance |
| 33% | ACE | 3 | Blackjack card that can be either one or eleven |
| 33% | TEA | 3 | Drink that can be served either hot or iced |
| 33% | ANT | 3 | Bug that can be a carpenter or a weaver |
| 33% | BEE | 3 | Insect that could be a queen or a drone |
| 33% | GOAT | 4 | Animal that could be a billy or a nanny |
| 32% | ACES | 4 | Cards that can be either high or low in blackjack |
| 32% | SLEDS | 5 | Toys that can be used while either sitting or lying |
| 32% | SALSA | 5 | Word that can mean either a dance or a sauce |
| 32% | CIDER | 5 | Apple beverage that could be served either hot or cold |
| 32% | CRICKET | 7 | Word that can mean either an insect or a sport |
| 32% | TEE | 3 | Alphabet that can be a shirt type or a junction |
| 32% | TEE | 3 | Letter that can be a shirt type or a junction |
| 32% | TITO | 4 | Nickname that can be a diminutive of a family member |