| 100% | SHELFLIFE | 9 | Determinant of a "best if used by" date |
| 46% | ETSY | 4 | Website used by a lot of artisans |
| 45% | STAMP | 5 | Part of a book used by letter writers |
| 45% | ROADWAY | 7 | Part of a bridge or railroad used by vehicles |
| 44% | MASSCONSUMPTION | 15 | Use of a product by many people |
| 43% | VANS | 4 | Vehicles used by some delivery services, or a brand of sneakers |
| 43% | RUBBERMATCH | 11 | Good name for a dating site of massage therapists? |
| 43% | RUBIKSCUBE | 10 | Subject of a best-selling how-to guide by thirteen-year-old Patrick Bossert, in 1981 |
| 43% | OAR | 3 | Tool used by most of a rowing team, but not the coxswain |
| 42% | STUDFINDER | 10 | Good name for a dating site full of hot dudes? |
| 42% | TRUCKLOAD | 9 | The amount of goods transported by a semi |
| 42% | ORGANICCHEMISTRY | 16 | Good name for a dating site for lovers of natural foods? |
| 42% | STET | 4 | A mark used by an editor (anagram of test) |
| 42% | GAG | 3 | Stop from speaking by using a piece of cloth |
| 41% | CODEWORDS | 9 | Lexicon used by spies, and a key to the ends of the starred answers |
| 41% | MITT | 4 | Glove used by fielders that you would need for a day of playing baseball |
| 41% | THEBRIDGE | 9 | First part of a 1952 best seller's title, followed by 37- and 51-Across |
| 41% | POI | 3 | Name of a Maori performing art as well as the equipment used for this art |
| 41% | NICE | 4 | Of a good nature |
| 41% | ONTHEHHO/WATERFRONT | 19 | Best Picture inspired by a Pulitzer-winning series of newspaper articles |
| 40% | DEWAR | 5 | Kind of flask used by a chemist |
| 40% | TAROT | 5 | Deck of cards used by a psychic |
| 40% | RAG | 3 | Piece of cloth used by a mechanic |
| 40% | BUNGEE | 6 | Kind of cord used by a daredevil |
| 40% | TEA | 3 | Type of carbon dioxide laser often used for marking best before dates |
| 40% | ETA | 3 | Greek letter used as a symbol of viscosity by chemists and physicists |
| 40% | CRYSTAL | 7 | Type of ball used by a fortune teller |
| 40% | TOOLKIT | 7 | Assortment of devices used by a diy-er |
| 40% | ROAR | 4 | Katy Perry song used by the Bengals that didn't sit well with many of their fans |
| 39% | ALEMBIC | 7 | Distilling apparatus used in chemistry consisting of two vessels connected by a tube |