| 100% | TNT | 3 | Invention originally used as a yellow dye, in brief |
| 65% | TNT | 3 | Compound originally used as a yellow dye |
| 65% | TNT | 3 | Explosive originally used as a yellow dye |
| 64% | TNT | 3 | Explosive that was originally used as a yellow dye |
| 64% | TNT | 3 | Explosive compound that was originally used as a yellow dye |
| 61% | TNT | 3 | What was originally used as a yellow dye before its best-known property was discovered |
| 54% | TNT | 3 | Explosive first used as a yellow dye |
| 51% | TNT | 3 | Explosive that, surprisingly, was originally used as a dye |
| 48% | NSW | 3 | Now populous Australian state originally used as a penal colony by Britain in 1788 (abbr.) |
| 43% | YERBA | 5 | ___ mate, traditionally consumed as a drink in Paraguay and originally used by the Guaraní people |
| 41% | CITES | 5 | Uses as a reference in a bibliography |
| 41% | TURMERIC | 8 | Bright yellow curry spice, often used as a dye |
| 41% | CITES | 5 | Uses as a reference in a research paper |
| 40% | PEG | 3 | Piece used as a marker in Battleship |
| 40% | OKRA | 4 | Vegetable used as a thickener in gumbo |
| 40% | ARROWROOT | 9 | Plant starch used as a thickener in sauces |
| 40% | LAMPBLACK | 9 | Soot used as a pigment in paints, inks |
| 40% | PAWNED | 6 | Used as security, in a way |
| 39% | PIGEON | 6 | Type of bird used as a messenger in WWII |
| 39% | CLOVES | 6 | Dry flower buds used as a spice in meat |
| 39% | RAT | 3 | Animal fittingly used as a motif in "The Departed" |
| 39% | ZEST | 4 | Citrus peel used as a garnish in cocktails, say |
| 39% | PIPET | 5 | Thin glass tube used as a dropper in a lab |
| 39% | NGALIEMA | 8 | Bay used as a port for Kinshasa in the DRC |
| 39% | MARIGOLD | 8 | Color and flower used as a motif in Monsoon Wedding |
| 38% | OREO | 4 | Cookie used as a flavor in a new Barefoot red wine |
| 38% | EWE | 3 | Farm female often used as a pronoun in a rebus puzzle |
| 38% | ASS | 3 | Animal whose jawbone Samson used as a weapon in the Bible |
| 38% | HENNA | 5 | Tropical shrub used as a hair dye |
| 38% | EWE | 3 | Farm female that can be used as a pronoun in a rebus |