| 100% | SNORKELS | 8 | Early swimmers and divers used reeds as __ |
| 34% | OBOE | 4 | Reed used to make music and crosswords |
| 34% | ARCHERY | 7 | Using a bow and arrow as a sport |
| 33% | METHANOL | 8 | What the earliest cars used as antifreeze |
| 32% | SHELLAC | 7 | Insect resin used in varnishes and early LPs |
| 32% | SORBITOL | 8 | Sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and laxative |
| 32% | TURMERIC | 8 | Bright yellow root, powdered and used as spice |
| 32% | CINNABAR | 8 | Red cinnamon color used as rouge and pigmentation |
| 32% | EPOXY | 5 | Used in wall and floor coatings, paints, and as a glue |
| 32% | ALOE | 4 | Plant used in balms and as a food additive |
| 32% | FESCUE | 6 | Perennial grass used as pasture and fodder for livestock |
| 32% | HARDWARE | 8 | Anything tactile used as tools like nuts and bolts |
| 32% | DYES | 4 | What spinach leaves and beets can be used as |
| 32% | MURALIST | 8 | Artist who uses walls and the ground as canvases |
| 31% | TAR | 3 | ___ water, used as medicine, and as a scent in saunas |
| 31% | SILICA | 6 | Oxide found in quartz and used as a flow agent |
| 31% | VALERIAN | 8 | Flowering herb used in root beer and as sleep aid |
| 31% | CHIVE | 5 | Green grass-like onion used as an herb and topping |
| 31% | LIME | 4 | Zesty fruit ... and something commonly used as topping on 22a |
| 30% | WIKI | 4 | Websites that allow collaborative editing and are often used as encyclopedias |
| 30% | EMERY | 5 | Hard greyish-black mineral used as an abrasive and polishing agent |
| 30% | FUZEES | 6 | Colored flares used as a warning signal by trucks and trains |
| 30% | ETHER | 5 | Colorless volatile liquid that was earlier used as a general anesthetic |
| 30% | SOIL | 4 | Flowerbed constituent, and where you might use coffee grounds as compost |
| 30% | LIFEHACKS | 9 | Using frozen grapes as ice cubes and binder clips as cable organizers, e.g. |
| 30% | SOYA | 4 | Asian bean plant whose nutritious seeds are used as food and forage |
| 30% | FUTON | 5 | Japanese padded quilt placed on a floor and used as a bed |
| 30% | BITUMEN | 7 | Impure mixture of hydrocarbons used as a road surfacing and roofing material |
| 30% | ETA | 3 | Greek letter used as a symbol of viscosity by chemists and physicists |
| 30% | TAKE | 4 | With "in" and 55-Down, use without proper respect, as a name |