| 100% | CUTLASS | 7 | Curved one-edged sword formerly used by sailors |
| 44% | SCIMITAR | 8 | Curved sword used by Aladdin in a Disney film |
| 41% | ALEE | 4 | Adverb used by sailors |
| 41% | CUTLASS | 7 | Short heavy curved sword used by pirates |
| 40% | TIDE | 4 | ___ clock (tool used by sailors) |
| 40% | ETHER | 5 | Anesthetic formerly used by surgeons |
| 40% | RECKONING | 9 | Dead __, estimation method used by sailors |
| 40% | SALTY | 5 | Kind of language used by sailors |
| 39% | TANG | 4 | Powdered orange drink formerly used by astronauts |
| 38% | CARBINE | 7 | Light short-barrelled shoulder rifle formerly used by cavalry |
| 37% | XEBEC | 5 | Small three-masted Mediterranean vessel formerly used by Algerian pirates |
| 37% | SOS | 3 | Distress letters used by a sailor |
| 36% | SPYGLASS | 8 | Small telescope used by old-time sailors |
| 36% | EPEE | 4 | Sword used by some fencers |
| 36% | CUTLASSES | 9 | Curved swords swung by pirates |
| 36% | HITMEN | 6 | Ones used by the Mafia |
| 36% | WAMPUM | 6 | Money formerly used by North American Indians made of shells strung together |
| 35% | ULU | 3 | Curved knife used by Eskimos |
| 34% | EURO | 4 | International currency used by over 20 countries on one continent |
| 34% | GROINS | 6 | Curved edges formed by intersecting vaults, in architecture |
| 34% | ZENERCARD | 9 | One in a deck used by ESP researchers |
| 34% | BOW | 3 | Curved item used by an archer |
| 34% | BUTTERFLYSTROKE | 15 | One technique used by 36-Across |
| 34% | SCALLOPED | 9 | Decorated by curves along an edge |
| 34% | EPEE | 4 | One of three types of sword used in fencing |
| 33% | KATANAS | 7 | Swords used by Leonardo in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" cartoons |
| 33% | SAMURAI | 7 | One required by a 1629 law to wear two swords |
| 33% | SNORKEL | 7 | Curved tube used by swimmers to breathe through |
| 32% | SABER | 5 | Heavy, one-edged sword |
| 32% | DBL | 3 | Hotel rooms that can be used by more than one guest, for short |