| 100% | FURBISH | 7 | In the old days it meant to polish a weapon |
| 43% | LETT | 4 | A Latvian, in the old days |
| 41% | PYKNIC | 6 | It means "fat," not a lunch in the park |
| 40% | ONCE | 4 | In the old days |
| 40% | THEN | 4 | In the old days |
| 39% | NUTSHELL | 8 | In a __, means getting to the point in few words |
| 38% | RECHARGE | 8 | To boost the battery of a device by plugging it in |
| 38% | ROTATION | 8 | In a day, the earth does one around its own axis |
| 38% | NEXTLEVEL | 9 | Advancing in a video game means going to the __ |
| 38% | THEN | 4 | Back in the old days |
| 38% | SIAM | 4 | Thailand in the old days |
| 38% | GAT | 3 | "Get" in the old days |
| 38% | ETHERIZE | 8 | Put out, in the old days |
| 38% | MIMEO | 5 | Run off, in the old days |
| 38% | COURTED | 7 | Dated romantically, in the old days |
| 38% | ALE | 3 | Pub beer in the old days |
| 38% | ETHER | 5 | Dental anesthetic in the old days |
| 38% | PIGEON | 6 | Messenger bird, in the old days |
| 38% | FOB | 3 | Watch chain, in the old days |
| 37% | SEA | 3 | "The ___ was angry that day, my friends - like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli" ("Seinfeld" line) |
| 37% | LOSE | 4 | Not make it to the top three in a race, perhaps |
| 37% | ETHER | 5 | Surgeon's supply in the old days |
| 37% | SWITCHBLADE | 11 | Street weapon ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 37% | IGNITION | 8 | Part of a vehicle the key is pushed in to start it |
| 37% | ICON | 4 | Signifier that bears a likeness to the thing it represents, in semiotics |
| 37% | REAR | 4 | Prefix with "guard" to mean the last part in a military force |
| 37% | SIDE | 4 | In billiards, spin imparted to a ball by striking it off-centre with the cue |
| 36% | JULIA | 5 | I lived in a 1500-year-old California redwood tree called Luna for 738 days to prevent loggers from cutting it down |
| 36% | CARPEDIEM | 9 | Latin phrase often used by a friend to mean "seize the day": 2 wds. |
| 36% | STOP | 4 | "Knock it off!" (or, parsed in three parts, a hint to the theme answers) |