| 100% | MOIST | 5 | How rice used in sushi is supposed to be |
| 43% | SMELT | 5 | Fish whose roe is used in sushi |
| 42% | VERBATIM | 8 | How one is supposed to repeat the Oath of Allegiance |
| 42% | WERE | 4 | Used to be, in the plural |
| 42% | PROPMAN | 7 | In charge of things to be used onstage in a play |
| 41% | ASNEEDED | 8 | How some medicines are to be used |
| 41% | OLDSTYLE | 8 | In the way it used to be |
| 41% | EEL | 3 | Slim fish used in sushi which is an anagram of "Lee" |
| 41% | THATSMYQUEUE | 12 | "Oh, I'm supposed to be in the line over there"? |
| 40% | MOTHER | 6 | In the Bible, how Eve was related to Cain |
| 40% | OVAL | 4 | Shape Humpty Dumpty used to be in |
| 40% | STERILE | 7 | Fit to be used in an operating room |
| 40% | EXCON | 5 | Person who used to be in jail: Hyph. |
| 40% | OPIUM | 5 | Drug that used to be smoked in "dens" |
| 40% | EXMEMBER | 8 | One who used to be in the club |
| 39% | HYMNAL | 6 | It's bound to be used in a service |
| 39% | ALCATRAZ | 8 | Island in California that used to be a prison |
| 39% | REELED | 6 | Video used to be stored in ___ form on tapes |
| 39% | DAYPACK | 7 | Small rucksack only to be used in waking hours? |
| 39% | ZAYN | 4 | "Pillowtalk" singer who used to be in One Direction |
| 39% | SOS | 3 | Signal to be used by someone in dire straits |
| 39% | IRATELY | 7 | Rail yet to be used in an angry way |
| 39% | LEAD | 4 | Toxic metal that used to be in house paint |
| 39% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Nickname for 18-Across, and a hint to how four answers in this puzzle are to be entered |
| 39% | ANISE | 5 | Herbal flavor similar to licorice, that is used in Sambuca |
| 39% | NESTLES | 7 | Brand name that used to be spelled out in commercials |
| 39% | BMX | 3 | Vehicle to be used freestyle in the 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 39% | VERSATILE | 9 | Able to be used in a number of different ways |
| 38% | ARM | 3 | What cyclists are supposed to use, but often don't, when they hang a left |