| 100% | SHRAPNEL | 8 | Henry —, British artillery officer; inventor of a shell that exploded in flight, scattering lead shot |
| 28% | SHRAPNEL | 8 | Henry ___, British Army officer who invented the exploding shell |
| 27% | PITT | 4 | Last name that shows up twice in a list of British prime ministers |
| 26% | ERNORUBIK | 9 | Inventor of a colorful puzzle in a cubic shape |
| 26% | WRIST | 5 | ___ shot, quick accurate shot in ice hockey that's a staple of an offensive player's arsenal |
| 26% | LAUGHTON | 8 | Charles —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The Private Life of Henry VIII |
| 26% | LASERS | 6 | Light beams that shoot out of cats’ mouths, in a series of “S.N.L.” digital shorts |
| 25% | SMOG | 4 | Fog that has combined with excessive smoke in the air, often leading to a lot of lung diseases |
| 25% | ARC | 3 | Path of a football in flight |
| 25% | ARC | 3 | Path of a basketball in flight |
| 25% | HOLE | 4 | ___ in one, golf shot that you would aim for during a day of playing golf |
| 25% | PINCHBECK | 9 | Christopher —, London clockmaker; inventor of a brass alloy that resembled gold |
| 25% | DEWAR | 5 | James —, Scottish chemist and inventor of a vacuum flask in 1892 |
| 25% | LENSCAP | 7 | Cause of a shot in the dark? |
| 25% | LANDING | 7 | End of a flight, in two senses |
| 25% | TEL | 3 | Monogram of a British soldier in Arabia |
| 24% | DOLBY | 5 | Ray —, US inventor of a noise reduction system who died in 2013 |
| 24% | USSR | 4 | Destination of a flight in a Beatles song |
| 24% | STAIRSTEP | 9 | Part of a flight leading to the next floor |
| 24% | TENON | 5 | Part of a joint that fits in a mortise |
| 24% | RASTA | 5 | Follower of a religion that developed in Jamaica, informally |
| 24% | KENT | 4 | Name of a family that took in an extraterrestrial |
| 24% | TORTOISE | 8 | Shelled reptile and winner of a fabled race that is one of the slowest animals in the world |
| 24% | ANDRE | 5 | John —, British Army officer hanged as a spy in 1780 during the American War of Independence |
| 24% | SWISH | 5 | Sound of a basketball shot that's "nothing but net" |
| 24% | STAIRSTEP | 9 | Part of a flight leading to the second floor, say |
| 24% | HANDSET | 7 | Part of a telephone that sits in a base station |
| 24% | AVIV | 4 | Part of a city name that means "spring" in Hebrew |
| 24% | RIM | 3 | Part of a margarita glass that's dipped in salt |
| 24% | PAW | 3 | Part of a dog that's in the Iams logo |