| 100% | EARPLUG | 7 | Device that blocks sound to the auditory canal |
| 46% | FADER | 5 | Sound studio device that may be used to decrease the volume |
| 46% | BEEPER | 6 | Small electronic '90s device that produces a sound to alert the user to call or message |
| 43% | MODEMS | 6 | Devices that connect you to the Internet |
| 42% | AMPS | 4 | Devices that increase the sound of bands |
| 42% | PACEMAKER | 9 | Device that sends electrical shocks to the heart |
| 41% | ZOETROPE | 8 | Device that spins to create the illusion of motion |
| 41% | THROTTLE | 8 | Device that controls the flow of fuel to an engine |
| 40% | SALICLAW | 8 | Rules that blocked female succession to the throne |
| 39% | SMARTTV | 7 | Home theater device that connects to the internet (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SUEZ | 4 | Canal that was blocked by the "Ever Given" |
| 39% | IMAC | 4 | Apple device that was the first to employ its "i" prefix |
| 38% | ATM | 3 | Device that might allow you to skip standing in line at the bank: Abbr. |
| 38% | TUNER | 5 | Device that Elton John might use to adjust the musical pitch of a piano |
| 38% | ATM | 3 | Device that allows you to skip the line for a teller: Abbr. |
| 38% | MUTE | 4 | Device used to muffle the sound of a musical instrument |
| 37% | SUEZ | 4 | Canal that leads to the Red Sea |
| 37% | EARS | 4 | Organs that take the sounds to the brain |
| 37% | NERD | 4 | Device that is not Internet capable that enables submarine personnel to access the department's library (abbr.) |
| 35% | PLUGREPELLENT | 13 | Device that blocks all commercial endorsements? |
| 35% | DVD | 3 | Storage device that started to lose dominance about 2017 due to the popularity of digital streaming serivces (abbr.) |
| 35% | EARDRUM | 7 | Where the auditory canal ends |
| 35% | SOH | 3 | The note that was "a needle pulling thread" according to Maria in "The Sound of Music" |
| 35% | ASPIRATE | 8 | Remake of the 2019 film "Parasite" that teaches people how to make "H" sounds? |
| 34% | FLASHFORWARD | 12 | Narrative device that peeks at the future ... and a hint to the start of 20-, 31-, and 48-Across |
| 34% | PANAMA | 6 | Canal that links the Atlantic to the Pacific |
| 34% | SUEZ | 4 | Egyptian canal that runs to the Red Sea |
| 34% | SOFARAS | 7 | To the extent that |
| 34% | ASFARAS | 7 | To the extent that |
| 34% | INSOFARAS | 9 | To the degree that |