| 100% | ZPLASTY | 7 | Cosmetic surgery technique used to improve functionality and outward appearance of scars |
| 31% | FOILMETHOD | 10 | Technique used to multiply (x+4)(x-5), with the first words of 17-, 25-, 36-, and 44 Across making up its mnemonic |
| 30% | HOTPRESS | 8 | Technique used to make technical ceramics at conditions of up to 4,350 degs. and 7,300 psi |
| 28% | LANDSCAPE | 9 | To improve the appearance of an area of land |
| 28% | MAKEUP | 6 | Cosmetics used to transform appearance |
| 28% | MANURE | 6 | Animal waste used to improve the quality of soil for plant growth |
| 27% | COSMETIC | 8 | Designed to improve the appearance of the face |
| 27% | DYES | 4 | Colors used to change the appearance of fabrics |
| 27% | TORTOISESHELLAC | 15 | What turtles use to keep up outward appearances? |
| 27% | SOROPTIMISTCLUB | 15 | Organization to improve the lives of women and girls |
| 26% | RADAR | 5 | Aircraft equipment used to determine the range and velocity of oncoming objects: Abbr. |
| 25% | CROCHET | 7 | Use hook and loops of yarn to make eg shopping bag |
| 25% | AGE | 3 | What you would do to improve the taste and flavor of wine over time |
| 25% | HYBRID | 6 | Type of car, uses both gas and electricity to move |
| 25% | ANTENNA | 7 | Used to improve signals |
| 24% | CGI | 3 | Technique used to create the drone’s-eye view of the ruins of Las Vegas at the end of "Blade Runner 2049" (abbr.) |
| 24% | IVORY | 5 | Material used to plate the skin of the Parthenon Athena and the statue of Zeus at Olympia |
| 24% | HANDTOWEL | 9 | Piece of cloth used to dry fingers and palms |
| 24% | BARRELS | 7 | Containers of oak used to store and age wine |
| 24% | SEARING | 7 | Technique used to give meat a "seal" |
| 23% | COLLAGE | 7 | Art technique consisting of cutting and pasting materials to a painted or unpainted surface |
| 23% | MONTAGE | 7 | *Film technique sometimes used to show the passage of time |
| 23% | SODALIME | 8 | Type of glass used to make bottles and window panes |
| 23% | SEMICOLON | 9 | Punctuation mark used to indicate a pause intermediate in length between that of a comma and a full stop |
| 23% | POLLING | 7 | Technique used to find out what voters think |
| 23% | MOCAP | 5 | Technique used to animate video-game characters, briefly |
| 23% | CELSHADING | 10 | Technique often used to make 3D images appear in the style of a comic book |
| 23% | FROST | 5 | Poet who used the starts of 24-, 41- and 55-Across to describe the woods |
| 23% | CUE | 3 | Something used to improve one's English? |
| 23% | GRAPPLING | 9 | Close fighting technique used to gain advantage |