| 100% | SMOKY | 5 | Like a fireplace if you forget to open the flue |
| 44% | ALBEN | 5 | Truman veep Barkley whose name sounds like a musical record if you change the last letter to an "m" |
| 41% | CORKSCREW | 9 | Handy if you have to open a bottle of wine |
| 38% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose name becomes another country if you change the last letter to a Q |
| 37% | WRISTS | 6 | Body parts that become other body parts if you change the second letter to an A |
| 37% | NEVILLE | 7 | Name that, if you pronounce the first two letters individually, sounds like a synonym for 22 Across |
| 37% | CAR | 3 | Family vehicle, like a Honda, that you'd take to the garage for repairs |
| 36% | ANTE | 4 | What to do if you'd like a hand |
| 36% | SANSA | 5 | Winterfell character on "Game of Thrones" ... or, if you change the fourth letter to T, a wintertime character |
| 36% | ASHY | 4 | Like a fireplace the morning after, say |
| 36% | GAZE | 4 | Verb that becomes a noun if you add BO to the end |
| 35% | ELM | 3 | Tree that becomes a Muppet if you add an "o" to the end |
| 35% | ARIA | 4 | Solo that becomes a font if you add an "L" to the end |
| 35% | TAJ | 3 | ___ Express, which is very useful if you like the 7 1/2 hour rail journey from New Delhi to Jhansi |
| 35% | READ | 4 | *Light ___, a casual or undemanding book like one you'd want to read at the beach |
| 35% | ERIC | 4 | Name that becomes a grain if you move its first letter to the end |
| 35% | BAH | 3 | Expletive heard often if you happen to be a member of the Cratchit family |
| 35% | UTILITY | 7 | * You've landed a ___ property like Electric Company or Water Works (Move to 38d for the next answer) |
| 35% | DULLES | 6 | Would you also like to add a rental car to your flight to the D.C. airport? |
| 34% | KEYCARD | 7 | Plastic to open the door of a hotel room |
| 34% | GAZELLES | 8 | Would you also like to buy binoculars for your safari to get a better look at the antelopes? |
| 34% | WATCH | 5 | (2/3) Or maybe you could ___ a Christmas movie like "The Polar Express" to while away the time? |
| 34% | COASTAL | 7 | Like a town next to the sea |
| 34% | DEEP | 4 | Like a fly ball to the warning track |
| 33% | SUEME | 5 | "Tell it to the judge if you don't like it!" |
| 33% | DOOR | 4 | You have to open one to enter a room |
| 33% | EERIE | 5 | Like a portrait that seems to be watching you |
| 33% | ULNAR | 5 | Like a bone from the elbow to the wrist |
| 33% | DEEP | 4 | Like a fly ball hit to the warning track |
| 33% | BAYSAT | 6 | Serenades, like a wolf to the moon |