| 100% | HOTPOCKETS | 10 | Food products that the comedian Jim Gaffigan once described as meat-filled Pop-Tarts |
| 28% | EDDIE | 5 | Comedian Izzard who once described the European Union as “the cutting edge of politics, in a very extraordinarily boring way” |
| 28% | LGA | 3 | Airport that Bloomberg once described as smelling like "a used car filled with old Cinnabon bags": abbr. |
| 27% | MENCKEN | 7 | Who once described puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy" |
| 27% | TUNA | 4 | Food product often described as being "dolphin-safe" |
| 26% | PORK | 4 | Pig product once advertised as "the other white meat" |
| 25% | POI | 3 | Pasty luau dish sometimes described as the perfect baby food |
| 25% | SHAKENBAKE | 10 | Food product once marketed as an option for people with a “fear of frying” |
| 25% | SPOO | 4 | Food from "Babylon 5" that is a meat-based product |
| 25% | SANDWICH | 8 | Food with bread as the base and meat in between |
| 24% | ARBYS | 5 | Fast-food chain that Jon Stewart once called "the only food classified as a war crime" |
| 24% | LESBOS | 6 | Greek locale once described as "the island of overmastering passions" |
| 23% | OLEO | 4 | Food product that melts |
| 23% | DECADENTDESSERT | 15 | Food that might be described as "sinful" |
| 23% | UTNEREADER | 10 | Publication that once branded itself as "the best of the alternative press" |
| 23% | WENTBAD | 7 | Turned, as food that sat in the fridge too long (2 wds.) |
| 23% | ALPO | 4 | Pet food brand that once used Garfield as a spokesanimal |
| 23% | ALPO | 4 | Pet food brand that once had Garfield as a "spokescat" |
| 23% | SAGE | 4 | A popular meat seasoning herb that is in the same family as mint |
| 22% | KIWI | 4 | Fuzzy-skinned tropical product, that adds a pop of green color to the dessert at 37d |
| 22% | VIDEOGAME | 9 | Sega product, such as the 1991 one that introduced 21-/42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 22% | DEJAVU | 6 | Feeling that some describe as a glitch in the Matrix |
| 22% | ENDERMIC | 8 | Acting through the skin, as medicines that were once used to treat rheumatism and arthritis |
| 22% | PALEO | 5 | Diet that excludes processed food and is also known as the "caveman diet," for short |
| 22% | FAT | 3 | "Dad Is ___" (memoir by comedian Jim Gaffigan) |
| 22% | ORLON | 5 | Fabric once described as "comfort in action" |
| 21% | KENTCIGARETTES | 14 | R. J. Reynolds product that once sponsored "The Dick Van Dyke Show" |
| 21% | WHEAT | 5 | Food product that's good even if it's cracked |
| 21% | SAHL | 4 | Comedian Mort, who once became a deputized member of DA Jim Garrison's team investigating the Kennedy Assassination |