| 100% | TEASE | 5 | Comb hair toward the scalp to create volume |
| 41% | TEASING | 7 | Backcombing hair to create volume |
| 34% | RUCHING | 7 | A fabric gathering technique to create volume |
| 33% | AFT | 3 | Toward the back, to a sailor |
| 33% | AFT | 3 | Toward the rudder, to a sailor |
| 33% | AFT | 3 | Toward the wake, to a sailor |
| 33% | APORT | 5 | Toward the left, to a sailor |
| 32% | NORTE | 5 | Toward the Rio Bravo, to a mejicano |
| 32% | FORE | 4 | Toward the bow, to a navy commander |
| 32% | BRUSHING | 8 | Combing the hair |
| 32% | BUZZCUT | 7 | Style of hair cropped close to the scalp |
| 32% | TEASING | 7 | Back-combing hair to add volume, height |
| 32% | TANGLY | 6 | Hair hard to comb? |
| 31% | BEDHEAD | 7 | Result of failure to comb the hair after sleep, maybe ... or a feature of 17-, 25-, 49- or 61-Across? |
| 31% | CLONING | 7 | Science used to create Dolly the Sheep |
| 31% | HOE | 3 | Tool to create furrows in the garden |
| 31% | CUTTHECARDS | 11 | The hair stylist tried to … |
| 31% | TORTOISE | 8 | Animal that Hermes used to create the lyre |
| 30% | DETANGLE | 8 | To comb out knots in hair |
| 30% | LASH | 4 | The hair attached to the eyelid |
| 30% | AFT | 3 | Toward the most common part of a boat to fish from |
| 30% | PETTY | 5 | Eager to create drama out of the smallest things |
| 30% | WAX | 3 | Material used to create the figures at Madame Tussauds |
| 30% | ZOETROPE | 8 | Device that spins to create the illusion of motion |
| 30% | MUTE | 4 | Turn the volume to zero |
| 29% | OILPAINT | 8 | Art medium used to create the "Mona Lisa": 2 wds. |
| 29% | GEL | 3 | Hair product needed to achieve the "wet look" |
| 29% | IDEATIVE | 8 | Relating to the ability to create |
| 29% | MUTED | 5 | Set the volume of to zero |
| 29% | BOOKDRIVE | 9 | Request to turn up the volume? |