| 100% | PASSIVATE | 9 | Coat, as metal, to reduce its chemical reactivity |
| 34% | BOILINGDOWN | 11 | Reducing to its essentials |
| 34% | COOLANTS | 8 | Chemicals to reduce temperature |
| 34% | TIN | 3 | Soft, easily-bendable metal used to plate steel cans, whose chemical symbol 'Sn' is derived from its Latin name 'Stannum' |
| 34% | MASH | 4 | Reduce to mush, as potatoes |
| 34% | GRATE | 5 | Reduce to shreds, as cheese |
| 34% | MASH | 4 | Reduce to paste, as potatoes |
| 34% | MASH | 4 | Reduce to pulp, as potatoes |
| 34% | RICES | 5 | Reduces to bits, as potatoes |
| 34% | RICED | 5 | Reduced to bits, as potatoes |
| 34% | WERE | 4 | As it ___ (so to speak) |
| 34% | DULY | 4 | As it ought to be |
| 33% | MASH | 4 | Reduce to a pulp, as potatoes |
| 33% | MASH | 4 | Reduce to a pulp, as potato |
| 33% | RICES | 5 | Reduces to fine bits, as potatoes |
| 33% | RICES | 5 | Reduces to tiny bits, as potatoes |
| 33% | RICED | 5 | Reduced to bits, as a potato |
| 33% | ORE | 3 | Metal on its way to a refinery |
| 33% | MASH | 4 | Reduce to a pulp, as with potato |
| 33% | WAX | 3 | It's used to coat a surfboard |
| 33% | INASHES | 7 | Reduced to rubble, as by a fire |
| 33% | WELSH | 5 | It's known to locals as Cymraeg |
| 33% | AURA | 4 | It's slangily referred to as "vibe" |
| 33% | ANNEAL | 6 | Heat, as to soften metal |
| 32% | ICONIFY | 7 | Reduce to a symbol, as a computer window |
| 32% | RIPE | 4 | As good as it's going to get? |
| 32% | PEN | 3 | It used to be light as a feather |
| 32% | BENZENE | 7 | It's used to make chemicals and dyes |
| 32% | PAINS | 5 | "Much as it ___ me to admit ..." |
| 31% | BOMBAY | 6 | Its port is known as the Gateway to India |