| 100% | WASABI | 6 | Condiment that can make the eyes water |
| 82% | WASABI | 6 | Condiment that can make your eyes water |
| 61% | ONION | 5 | Cooking bulb that makes the eyes water |
| 49% | SEAPLANE | 8 | Craft that can land in the water |
| 47% | OAR | 3 | Blade that makes ripples in the water |
| 45% | TAN | 3 | Spray ___ (product that can make you look like you've been to the beach) |
| 45% | EXAM | 4 | Test that could make up a large percentage of the grade for a course |
| 44% | BAT | 3 | Baseball essential that can't make it through the airport checkpoint |
| 44% | FIN | 3 | Part of a shark that could be seen above the water |
| 44% | DOT | 3 | Mark that could be made by the tip of a pencil |
| 42% | TOWN | 4 | Word that can follow Hades or Urine to make the title of a musical |
| 42% | HOP | 3 | Word that can follow "bunny" and "Lindy" to make dances from the mid-1900s |
| 42% | DST | 3 | Clock setting that could be made obsolete by the proposed Sunshine Protection Act: Abbr. |
| 42% | MIRAGE | 6 | Water in the Sahara that you may see but can't feel |
| 42% | ASILAYDINGY | 11 | Story of a Mississippi family that can't wash after the water's shut off? |
| 41% | EMU | 3 | Creature that can fill the blank in L___R to make another creature |
| 41% | SNL | 3 | Letters that can fill in the blanks of "_A_D_ER" to make an appropriate surname |
| 40% | MAYONNAISE | 10 | Condiment that can remove crayon marks |
| 40% | BLEAR | 5 | Make the eyes watery or sore |
| 40% | ONION | 5 | Vegetable that makes eyes water when it's sliced |
| 40% | ESS | 3 | Letter that can be added to the fronts of 4-, 6- and 7-Across to make new words |
| 40% | TEAR | 4 | Water that rolls down from the eye |
| 39% | SAW | 3 | Tool that can make music |
| 39% | CROW | 4 | Bird that can make tools |
| 39% | ERE | 3 | "Whilst eyes that change ___ night / Make glad the day" (line from "Mutability," by Shelley) |
| 39% | PUR | 3 | Water filter brand that can be found at the beginning of "purple" |
| 39% | PANDACAMS | 9 | Livestreams that might make you say, "I can't bear the cuteness!" |
| 39% | OPART | 5 | Pictures that can make you dizzy |
| 39% | GERM | 4 | Microorganism that can make you sick |
| 39% | GEL | 3 | Substance that can make hair spiky |