| 100% | CLUE | 4 | Element in a whodunnit |
| 69% | LETTER | 6 | Element in a password |
| 68% | JELLYBEAN | 9 | Element in a guessing contest |
| 68% | PLUTONIUM | 9 | Element in a nuclear weapon |
| 68% | NEON | 4 | Element in a bright sign |
| 67% | URANIUM | 7 | Element in a nuclear power plant |
| 67% | GAGS | 4 | Elements in a comic's repertoire |
| 66% | LIMEJUICE | 9 | Citrus element in a margarita |
| 66% | ZINC | 4 | Primary element in a penny |
| 66% | LOTTOBALL | 9 | Numbered element in a drawing |
| 66% | STEELBEAMS | 10 | Supporting elements in a story? |
| 64% | CORD | 4 | Element in a high-tech tangle under a desk |
| 64% | MICROCHIP | 9 | Tiny silicon element in a computer circuit |
| 63% | ARTEDITOR | 9 | Supervisor of visual elements in a magazine |
| 63% | INLAY | 5 | Embedded decorative element in a wooden table, say |
| 60% | USERID | 6 | First element in a typical log-on process (2 wds.) |
| 59% | GROUP | 5 | Any set of elements in a column on the periodic table |
| 58% | LEADROLE | 8 | Important element in the formation of a star? |
| 57% | ACE | 3 | Element of a winning hand in blackjack |
| 57% | NEON | 4 | Element with a museum in Las Vegas |
| 56% | TITANIUM | 8 | Element named after a group in Greek myth |
| 55% | CHEMIST | 7 | A scientist well-versed in periodic table elements |
| 55% | NEON | 4 | Element used in a 5-Down |
| 55% | SECRETSAUCE | 11 | Subtle element in a success story ... and what's revealed by each set of circles |
| 53% | LASER | 5 | Element of a security grid in many an action film |
| 52% | XENON | 5 | Element exhibiting a blue glow when placed in an electric field |
| 51% | FEATHERS | 8 | Elements of a plumage you'd find in a Mardi Gras headdress |
| 51% | {SUGAR}CUBE | 11 | Lump in a cup of tea, and an element found three times in this puzzle |
| 50% | IRON | 4 | "Fe," to a chemist, and the element found in dried 42a |
| 48% | ROW | 3 | In a ___ |