| 100% | COCAINE | 7 | Ingredient of a speedball |
| 65% | CHOCOLATE | 9 | Sweet ingredient of a coffee mocha |
| 65% | ICE | 3 | Main ingredient of a snow cone |
| 64% | OKRA | 4 | Essential ingredient of a classical seafood gumbo |
| 63% | MALTEDTALKS | 11 | Negotiations over the ingredients of a milkshake? |
| 60% | CACAO | 5 | Source of a mole poblano ingredient |
| 57% | TWOSCOOPS | 9 | Quantity of a key ingredient in a 117-Across |
| 57% | BLT | 3 | Initials of a crunchy sandwich with three ingredients inside |
| 57% | CAPSULE | 7 | The outer shell of a pill, holding the ingredients |
| 57% | TARO | 4 | Ingredient in a bag of Terra chips |
| 55% | STIR | 4 | Mix, as a bowl of ingredients |
| 54% | RECIPE | 6 | Instructions for cooking, a list of ingredients |
| 53% | CONDENSEDMILK | 13 | Ingredient of sweetened Thai tea, and a hint to solving some squares in this puzzle |
| 53% | BACON | 5 | Kevin ___, "Footloose" actor whose name might remind you of a meaty sandwich ingredient |
| 52% | NOODLE | 6 | Soup ingredient which is a thin strip of dough |
| 52% | BRAN | 4 | Muffin ingredient that's a rich source of fiber |
| 52% | EGG | 3 | Poached ingredient in a bowl of pho |
| 52% | APPLE | 5 | ___ Martin, "VH1: All Access" actress whose name might remind you of a pie ingredient |
| 52% | CAESAR | 6 | ___ salad, dish with romaine lettuce invented in 1924 because of a shortage of ingredients |
| 51% | ICECREAM | 8 | *Foundation ingredient of a treat built upward in the answers to starred clues and spelled downward in the circles |
| 50% | EGG | 3 | ___ cream, misleading name of a drink that contains neither of the ingredients in its name |
| 50% | POM | 3 | Fruit drink whose name is a truncation of its main ingredient |
| 50% | CHEMICALPOOLS | 13 | Wagers about how many ingredients are in a bottle of shampoo? |
| 49% | SWISS | 5 | ___ cheese, classic fondue ingredient that has a pattern of "holes" in it |
| 47% | GIN | 3 | One of the ingredients in a Martini |
| 47% | UREA | 4 | Ingredient of fertilizers |
| 47% | CACAO | 5 | Ingredient of chocolate |
| 47% | TALC | 4 | Ingredient of powder |
| 47% | OATMEAL | 7 | Ingredient of porridge |