| 100% | LODESTONE | 9 | It was used to make the first compass |
| 64% | RADIO | 5 | It was used to play music for the first time in 1906 |
| 53% | SOYMILK | 7 | It can be used to make tofu |
| 53% | EGG | 3 | Its yolk is used to make mayonnaise |
| 53% | NYLON | 5 | It can be used to make a racket |
| 53% | JADEITE | 7 | Green mineral which was used to make axe heads in the Stone Age |
| 52% | FOILMETHOD | 10 | Technique used to multiply (x+4)(x-5), with the first words of 17-, 25-, 36-, and 44 Across making up its mnemonic |
| 52% | REDCORAL | 8 | Its skeleton may be used to make jewelry |
| 52% | YOYO | 4 | It can be used to walk the dog |
| 51% | COIN | 4 | Be the first to use |
| 50% | AGAVE | 5 | Its dried stalks can be used to make didgeridoos |
| 50% | TYPE | 4 | It used to be made of lead |
| 49% | KOREA | 5 | It used to be called the Hermit Kingdom |
| 48% | EAR | 3 | It is used to eavesdrop |
| 48% | SHAKESPEARE | 11 | Whom the first use of the nine long adjectives is credited to |
| 48% | BLAZEATRAIL | 11 | Be the first to accomplish something (and do it spectacularly!) |
| 48% | DYE | 3 | It is used to color 1a |
| 47% | STTERESA | 8 | First woman to be made doctor of the Roman Catholic Church |
| 47% | SECRETBALLOT | 12 | Australia was the first country to implement it |
| 47% | MBA | 3 | Harvard was the first to offer it (1908) |
| 47% | TOOL | 4 | It's made to be used |
| 47% | CABBAGES | 8 | They are used to make sauerkraut |
| 47% | SHY | 3 | Unlikely to make the first move |
| 47% | TIMID | 5 | Unlikely to make the first move |
| 46% | SAMESEXMARRIAGE | 15 | The Netherlands was the first country to legalize it |
| 46% | HAMMER | 6 | It is used to drive nails into a wall |
| 46% | ONEPIN | 6 | It's often the first to be knocked over |
| 46% | BAKER | 5 | "I used to be a ___ until I found out I was in it for the dough!" |
| 46% | ASH | 3 | Wood used to make the original Stratocasters |
| 46% | INDIANMILL | 10 | Grain used to make the flatbread rotla |