| 100% | BRAISING | 8 | Cooking method of first searing and then simmering |
| 55% | BRAISES | 7 | Sears and then cooks at a simmer |
| 47% | BRAISE | 6 | Sear in fat and then simmer in a bit of liquid |
| 40% | BRAISED | 7 | Cooked by browning and then simmering |
| 35% | BRAISE | 6 | Sear and simmer |
| 35% | BRAISES | 7 | Sears and simmers |
| 34% | BRAISES | 7 | Prepares by sauteeing and then simmering |
| 33% | BRAISING | 8 | Cooking method combining roasting and steaming |
| 33% | CONQUER | 7 | Method of teamwork, divide and __ |
| 33% | NOOSE | 5 | Last method of death in Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" |
| 33% | NOOSE | 5 | Last method of death in Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” |
| 32% | BARBECUE | 8 | Method of cooking often shortened to BBQ |
| 32% | KBBQ | 4 | Method of cooking galbi or bulgogi, casually |
| 32% | BINARY | 6 | Method of counting in 1s and 0s |
| 32% | CUISINE | 7 | Style or method of cooking |
| 31% | ADAM | 4 | ... and first of all |
| 31% | PANFRY | 6 | Stovetop cooking method without a lot of oil |
| 30% | PEDAGOGY | 8 | Method and strategy of adaptive teaching |
| 30% | MEL | 3 | First name of Ott and Gibson |
| 30% | ROBYNFENTY | 10 | First and last name of Rihanna |
| 30% | EDEN | 4 | First home of Eve and Adam |
| 30% | TATAKI | 6 | Japanese method of searing meat over a hot flame |
| 30% | HYPERLOOP | 9 | Hypothetical method of travel utilizing tubes and pressurized capsules |
| 30% | ARNOLD | 6 | First name of actor and politician Schwarzenegger |
| 30% | ERYKAH | 6 | First name of actor and singer Badu |
| 30% | MORSECODE | 9 | Method of communication needed to understand 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 29% | INITIALS | 8 | First letters of a first and last name |
| 29% | ERA | 3 | Then there was an ___ of disaster and grief |
| 29% | ALL | 3 | First and last word of the Musketeers' motto |
| 29% | IAN | 3 | First name of golfers Poulter, Woosnam, and Davis |