| 100% | SNARE | 5 | Drum with wires strung against the bottom skin |
| 55% | SNARE | 5 | Drum with wires on the bottom |
| 48% | SNARE | 5 | Side drum with a rattle of metal wires on the bottom head |
| 31% | ABRASIVE | 8 | Chafing against the skin, or very rude |
| 31% | BONGO | 5 | Drum played with the hands |
| 31% | BONGOS | 6 | Drums played with the hands |
| 30% | BOLO | 4 | String necktie associated with the Southwest |
| 30% | KNOCKING | 8 | Drumming a door with the knuckles |
| 30% | BONGO | 5 | Drum that's played with the hands |
| 30% | SNARES | 6 | Drums that rattle, with strings stretched across |
| 30% | LONGSTORYSHORTS | 15 | Bottoms decorated with characters from the "Odyssey"? |
| 30% | CFO | 3 | Exec with the purse strings |
| 30% | SCRAPES | 7 | ___ the bottom of the barrel (deals with the bad remaining options) |
| 29% | OLAY | 4 | Skin-care brand with the slogan "Face Anything" |
| 29% | BONGO | 5 | Small drum played with the hands |
| 29% | STAKEHOLDER | 11 | One with skin in the game |
| 29% | HAIM | 4 | Band with the song "The Wire" |
| 29% | BONGOS | 6 | Small drums played with the hands |
| 29% | SSNS | 4 | Strings with the pattern XXX-XX-XXXX, in brief |
| 29% | ICESPICE | 8 | Bronx rapper with the song “Bikini Bottom” |
| 29% | BITING | 6 | Puncturing the skin with teeth or fangs |
| 29% | CUTANEOUS | 9 | To do with or affecting the skin |
| 28% | EAR | 3 | Part of the body with a tiny drum |
| 28% | BONGO | 5 | Small drum that's played with the hands |
| 28% | OLAY | 4 | A skin care brand with the tagline "Ageless" |
| 28% | BENMARCUS | 9 | Writer of The Age of Wire and String |
| 28% | CATSCRADLE | 10 | Game played with strings looped over the fingers |
| 27% | DAN | 3 | Steely ___, rock band with the hit "Two Against Nature" |
| 27% | OLAY | 4 | Brand with the tagline "Love the skin you're in" |
| 27% | STARGAZER | 9 | Marine bottom-lurker with eyes on top of the head |