| 100% | BLUEBIN | 7 | Colloquial term for the recycling container |
| 61% | BUFFALO | 7 | Colloquial term for the North American wild ox |
| 56% | MET | 3 | Colloquial term for the Central Park landmark which houses over two million works of art |
| 55% | IDIOTBOX | 8 | Colloquial term for the Television... or a hint to solve 16a, 22a, 4d, and 36d: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TANNOY | 6 | Colloquial term for a public address system taken from the name of a firm set up by Guy Fountain in 1926 |
| 48% | CAN | 3 | Garbage container, or something for the recycling |
| 48% | OLEO | 4 | Colloquial term for margarine |
| 47% | MOPPETS | 7 | Colloquial term for cute children |
| 46% | NEH | 3 | Colloquial term for a dismissive no |
| 46% | STG | 3 | Term for the British pound, for short |
| 46% | LIBRETTO | 8 | Term for the text of an opera |
| 45% | EMPTY | 5 | Ready for the recycling bin |
| 45% | MOB | 3 | Slang term for the Mafia |
| 45% | STERNUM | 7 | Anatomical term for the breastbone |
| 45% | MANDIBLE | 8 | Anatomical term for the jawbone |
| 45% | UTERUS | 6 | Technical term for the womb |
| 45% | SNOOT | 5 | Slang term for the nose |
| 45% | GOURD | 5 | Informal term for the head |
| 45% | AKHIRAH | 7 | Muslim term for the afterlife |
| 45% | UTERUS | 6 | Medical term for the womb |
| 45% | TRACHEA | 7 | Medical term for the windpipe |
| 45% | AXILLA | 6 | Anatomical term for the armpit |
| 45% | STARBOARD | 9 | Term for the right side of a ship |
| 45% | SYSTOLIC | 8 | Term for the first (higher) blood pressure number |
| 45% | REGICIDE | 8 | Term for the crime of killing a king |
| 45% | DIASTOLIC | 9 | Term for the second (lower) blood pressure number |
| 45% | PATAGIUM | 8 | Term for the gliding membrane of flying squirrels |
| 45% | OMOPHAGIA | 9 | Term for the practice of eating raw meat |
| 45% | GRIPPE | 6 | Old-fashioned term for the flu |
| 45% | GLADIOLUS | 9 | Another term for the sword lily |