| 100% | KNIFE | 5 | Chef's fruit-chopping tool, and something that can be sharpened |
| 64% | PENCIL | 6 | Puzzle solver's stationery, and something that can be sharpened |
| 63% | SWORD | 5 | Weapon used for fencing, and something that can be sharpened |
| 62% | BRAIN | 5 | Decision-making human organ, and something that can be sharpened |
| 60% | BLADE | 5 | Cutting edge of a box cutter or razor, and something that can be sharpened |
| 52% | TONGUE | 6 | Mouth organ for tasting and talking, and something that can be sharpened |
| 51% | ICON | 4 | Something that can be dragged and dropped |
| 47% | SPILLEDMILK | 11 | Metaphor for something that can't be changed, and what's found five times in this puzzle? |
| 47% | GIFT | 4 | Something that can be wrapped using the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 51- and 64-Across |
| 45% | STATEDEBT | 9 | Something that can be collected from anywhere in the U.S.? |
| 43% | CURABLE | 7 | Something that can be healed |
| 43% | SEED | 4 | Something that can be sown |
| 43% | HABIT | 5 | Something that can be kicked |
| 43% | LOT | 3 | Something that can be drawn |
| 43% | TALE | 4 | Something that can be spun |
| 43% | GENE | 4 | Something that can be "dominant" |
| 43% | SQUAT | 5 | Leg workout in which you lower your body as if sitting in an invisible chair, and something that can be a part of your home workout |
| 43% | EDIBLE | 6 | Something that can be eaten, food |
| 43% | DEBT | 4 | Something that can be racked up |
| 43% | LIE | 3 | Something that could be proven false |
| 42% | ANGLE | 5 | Something that can be acute or obtuse |
| 42% | ARIA | 4 | Something that can be performed da capo |
| 42% | PIANO | 5 | Something that can be played low-key? |
| 42% | CASE | 4 | Something that can be tried or cracked |
| 42% | BAR | 3 | Something that can be raised or passed |
| 42% | SOLUBLE | 7 | Something that can be dissolved in liquid is __ |
| 42% | SCENE | 5 | Something that can be stolen in a movie |
| 42% | AREA | 4 | Something that can be calculated with an integral |
| 41% | MAIL | 4 | Something that can be "dead" that was never alive |
| 41% | CREAM | 5 | Whip ... or something that can be whipped |