| 100% | WAFFLE | 6 | Dessert whose Belgian variety are the most popular and may be served with maple syrup |
| 33% | POLICE | 6 | Band whose final album, "Synchronicity," was their most popular, with "The" |
| 33% | HEN | 3 | Bird whose eggs are the most popular |
| 33% | PORT | 4 | Wine that may be served with dessert |
| 32% | ALES | 4 | They might be served with bangers and mash |
| 32% | ALE | 3 | Pint that might be served with fish and chips |
| 32% | LOBSTER | 7 | Food that might be served with crackers on the side |
| 31% | PIE | 3 | Dessert that may be served after yams and turkey |
| 31% | BANANA | 6 | Fruit whose most common variety is the Cavendish |
| 30% | TENPINBOWLING | 13 | Popular sport played with a ball that has three holes and whose history has been traced back to the Egyptians living in 3200 BCE: 3 wds. |
| 30% | TACO | 4 | Folded Mexican treat that may be stuffed with lettuce, beans, and more |
| 30% | COD | 3 | Fish whose most plentiful species are the "Atlantic" and "Pacific" |
| 29% | SOLE | 4 | Fish whose "Dover" variety is often cooked with butter and lemon |
| 29% | IKEA | 4 | Store whose most popular product is the Billy bookcase |
| 29% | IKEA | 4 | Store whose most popular item is the Billy bookcase |
| 29% | PINTO | 5 | Gallo ___, dish with rice and beans as a base that may be served with breakfast in Central America |
| 29% | NEAT | 4 | How whiskey might be served … with a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 29% | IDLI | 4 | Lentil-and-rice cake that might be served with chutney |
| 29% | DUMPLING | 8 | Steamed dish that may be stuffed with delicious filling consisting of meat, tofu, and more |
| 28% | ASU | 3 | Sch. whose faculty and students are served by the Hayden Library and the Noble Library (abbr.) |
| 28% | OPRAH | 5 | ___ Winfrey, icon and media mogul with one of the most popular talk shows in the world |
| 28% | BUN | 3 | Hot dog bread type that may be stuffed with meat, veggies, and more for a baozi |
| 28% | SEAL | 4 | Aquatic mammal whose young might be white and fluffy with large dark eyes |
| 28% | TWILIGHT | 8 | "___ Zone," one of the most popular thriller TV shows, which is an anthology series dealing with the macabre |
| 28% | BUDGRANT | 8 | NFL coach whose long stint with the Vikings was the most successful period of their history: 2 wds. |
| 28% | PEACH | 5 | Popular stone fruit which is the main ingredient in cobbler, and is packed with 88% water |
| 28% | CLUBSANDWICH | 12 | Order served with toothpicks ... and what each of the other four longest answers is? |
| 27% | WAGNER | 6 | Billy ___, former pitcher with the Mets and the Red Sox who may be dressing up as "Sandman" this Halloween? |
| 27% | BLINI | 5 | They may be served with caviar |
| 27% | TEA | 3 | It may be served with crumpets |