| 100% | SNORKEL | 7 | Divers use this to breathe just below the surface |
| 49% | DOLPHIN | 7 | This animal sleeps just below the water's surface |
| 42% | SMOLDER | 7 | Exist just below the surface |
| 42% | VARICOSEVEIN | 12 | Vessel seen just below the surface? |
| 39% | NEEDLES | 7 | Acupuncture uses these to prick the skin |
| 38% | FLAREGUN | 8 | Use this to shoot a distress signal in the air |
| 37% | PARASOL | 7 | Old-timey ladies used this to shade from the sun |
| 35% | CRYSTAL | 7 | Fortune seers use this ball to look into the future |
| 35% | PURPLE | 6 | The most popular carrots used to be this color |
| 34% | BLANKETS | 8 | These are used to cover the body during sleep |
| 34% | OBELUS | 6 | The name for this typographical mark, often used to mark footnotes: † |
| 33% | ASL | 3 | The deaf community may use this to communicate: Abbr. |
| 33% | SNORKEL | 7 | Tube used to breathe at water surface |
| 33% | RECESSED | 8 | Below the surface |
| 33% | BURIED | 6 | Below the surface |
| 33% | UNDERSEA | 8 | Below the surface? |
| 33% | INNER | 5 | Below the surface |
| 33% | UNDER | 5 | Below the surface |
| 33% | UNDERNEATH | 10 | Below the surface |
| 33% | TLDR | 4 | "if u just scrolled to the bottom of this post ..." |
| 33% | NON | 3 | This prefix when used, changes the meaning of the word to its opposite |
| 32% | CALCULATOR | 10 | Device used to read the eight visual clues in this puzzle |
| 32% | FLOSS | 5 | Using this is hugely beneficial according to the ADA, but still seems to be lacking actual scientific support |
| 32% | UNDERSEA | 8 | Below the surface, as submarines |
| 32% | ONSIMMER | 8 | Just below the boiling point |
| 32% | CAMERA | 6 | Use this to take photos |
| 32% | ERR | 3 | Use the answer to any of this puzzle's starred clues in ordinary conversation? |
| 32% | NAVIGATE | 8 | A lost sailor can use the stars to help them do this |
| 32% | FOLLOWDIRECTIONS | 16 | What one must do using the circled letters to solve this puzzle |
| 32% | UNDERSEA | 8 | Below the surface, in a way |