| 100% | CRISPY | 6 | Hard and brittle, like well-cooked bacon |
| 56% | CRISPY | 6 | Crunchy and brittle, e.g. well-cooked bacon |
| 49% | CRISP | 5 | Hard and brittle |
| 44% | STALE | 5 | Hard and dry, like bread |
| 41% | ENG | 3 | Like Bacon and Lamb: Abbr. |
| 40% | DRY | 3 | Like some wells and lectures |
| 39% | TREF | 4 | Like bacon and lobster, in Jewish law |
| 39% | FIVESTAR | 8 | Like the best hotels and Lyft ratings |
| 38% | NEAT | 4 | ___ and clean, like a well organised desk |
| 38% | PLUMPEST | 8 | Like the most juicy and well-rounded Thanksgiving turkey |
| 38% | COBB | 4 | Salad with bacon and hard-boiled eggs |
| 38% | COBBSALAD | 9 | Dish with bacon and hard-boiled eggs |
| 37% | GUSH | 4 | Flow fast and hard, like a geyser |
| 36% | INVISIBLE | 9 | Like the man in H.G. Wells and Ralph Ellison titles |
| 35% | SAGE | 4 | Herb like thyme and basil that's used in cooking |
| 35% | BASTED | 6 | Like some turkeys and geese, to cooks |
| 35% | REDUNDANT | 9 | Like 17-, 36- and 43-Across as well as 11- and 29-Down |
| 35% | HOUSEBROKEN | 11 | Like a well-trained pet, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 35% | KEDGEREE | 8 | Dish consisting of rice, cooked flaked fish and hard-boiled eggs |
| 35% | COBB | 4 | Type of salad with bacon, hard-boiled egg, avocado, and Roquefort |
| 35% | ARTS | 4 | Creative endeavors like dancing and cooking and sculpting and making crosswords |
| 35% | COMMA | 5 | Important feature of the sentence "I like cooking, family and friends" |
| 34% | ACDC | 4 | Hard rock band famous for hits like "Back in Black" and "Highway to Hell" |
| 33% | ENYA | 4 | Ireland's best-selling musician with hits like "Watermark" and "May It Be" |
| 33% | PREFER | 6 | Like best |
| 33% | PREFER | 6 | Like better |
| 33% | PREFERS | 7 | Likes better |
| 33% | PREFERRED | 9 | Liked better |
| 33% | CEOS | 4 | Business leaders like Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg: Abbr. |
| 32% | NORA | 4 | ___ Roberts, author known for best-selling romance novels like "Whiskey Beach" and "Blue Smoke" |