| 100% | SNAILPOLISH | 11 | Finishing touch for a gastropod? |
| 57% | TAPSIN | 6 | Touches for a score |
| 53% | TAG | 3 | Finishing touch on a diamond? |
| 53% | ICINGS | 6 | Finishing touches, of a sort |
| 52% | TIEDATIE | 8 | Finished dressing for a wedding, perhaps |
| 51% | STYLUS | 6 | Pen for a touch screen |
| 50% | SNAIL | 5 | Gastropod for a gourmet |
| 49% | ROOT | 4 | Place for a hair dye touch-up |
| 49% | GEL | 3 | Hair styling product for a slick finish |
| 49% | AMEN | 4 | Finish for a 70-Across |
| 48% | ICED | 4 | Put finishing touches on a cake |
| 48% | STUDY | 5 | Sketch done in preparation for a finished piece |
| 47% | ICES | 4 | Puts the finishing touches on at a cake shop |
| 47% | ASDF | 4 | Left hand's starting position, for a touch typist |
| 47% | POLISH | 6 | Touch up, like a candidate for office? |
| 47% | ORG | 3 | Finish for a nonprofit's email address |
| 45% | ICES | 4 | Puts the finishing touch on a cake |
| 45% | ICER | 4 | One putting finishing touches on a cake |
| 45% | ICED | 4 | Added the finishing touches to a cake |
| 45% | STAIN | 5 | Protective finish for a deck |
| 44% | GARNISHED | 9 | Decorated; added finishing touches to a meal |
| 44% | MATTE | 5 | Nonglossy finish, as for a photo |
| 44% | LAME | 4 | "That was a ____ excuse for not finishing your assignment!" |
| 43% | DNF | 3 | Abbreviation for athlete who did not finish a race |
| 43% | OUT | 3 | ___ of Bounds, term for a player who touches any boundary line in the NFL |
| 41% | BASE | 4 | "Let's touch ___," corporate talk for "let's have a quick meeting" |
| 41% | PACE | 4 | How fast a runner finishes each mile of a marathon, for example |
| 40% | DUST | 4 | Fairy ___, magical substance that you can sprinkle for a touch of enchantment with your "Fairy" Halloween costume |
| 40% | MATTE | 5 | Non-glossy finish for a photo |
| 40% | MATTE | 5 | Non-glossy finish for a print |