| 100% | CHOPSTICK | 9 | It's difficult to dine with one of these |
| 59% | ROSE | 4 | It's romantic to give someone one of these |
| 51% | IAD | 3 | One of DC's 35-Across (first spelled with its third letter moved to first) |
| 47% | KNOWITALL | 9 | It's useless to argue with one |
| 47% | COMB | 4 | It's easy to part with one |
| 45% | ABLOOM | 6 | Rafflesia arnoldii produces one of these that is huge and rare and is a sight to behold, but it stinks! |
| 44% | KICKSTART | 9 | Get a motorbike going with one of these |
| 43% | FULLDECK | 8 | Feeling dumb? You're not playing with one of these |
| 43% | LEOPARD | 7 | One of these can't change its spots |
| 42% | IDOL | 4 | It's one-eyed, yellow and to the north of Kathmandu |
| 42% | THEDOUBT | 8 | It's generous to give someone the benefit of this |
| 41% | DIGITALDIVIDE | 13 | It separates those with access to technology and those without, and a feature of four answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | PATENT | 6 | File one of these to protect your invention |
| 41% | HAIRBAND | 8 | Use one of these to tie a ponytail |
| 41% | LED | 3 | You could win the DOE's L Prize with one of these |
| 41% | BLINDEYE | 8 | Turn one of these to pretend not to notice |
| 41% | CARROT | 6 | Bugs Bunny always had one of these to eat |
| 41% | CADDIE | 6 | Golfers need one of these to carry their clubs |
| 41% | THEIR | 5 | Possessive sometimes confused with one of its two homophones |
| 41% | SALTSHAKER | 10 | One of a pair at the dinner table ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 40% | TRICKS | 6 | It is good to have these up one's sleeve |
| 40% | NOOSE | 5 | A hangman would tie one of these with a rope |
| 40% | DONTLOOKATME | 12 | “I had nothing to do with it!” . . . or how to make sense of twelve of this puzzle’s clues |
| 40% | UTURN | 5 | One of four required to solve this puzzle |
| 40% | RANCH | 5 | In Buffalo, it's a faux pas to order this with Buffalo wings |
| 40% | CLUE | 4 | A detective looks for one of these to solve a mystery |
| 40% | SKA | 3 | Captain ___ (British band with one of its genres in its name) |
| 40% | SUMMONS | 7 | It's usually bad to be served with one |
| 40% | BANG | 4 | It’s impressive to go out with one |
| 39% | EATINGFORTWO | 12 | Dining with one's child? |