| 100% | BARBELL | 7 | Long pole with weights at either end |
| 60% | BARBELL | 7 | Weightlifter's pole with weights at each end |
| 57% | BARBELL | 7 | Metal pole with circular weight plates at each end |
| 40% | ESS | 3 | Starts at either end? |
| 40% | POLES | 5 | Europeans at either end? |
| 40% | OAR | 3 | Pole with a blade on one end |
| 39% | BARBELL | 7 | Metal pole with weights on it |
| 36% | ANDTAIL | 7 | Top __, sleep two to a bed, heads at either end |
| 35% | EARED | 5 | Ending with dog or long |
| 35% | LIFTER | 6 | Ending with shop or weight |
| 35% | YEARNS | 6 | Longs for time with Poles |
| 35% | POGOSTICK | 9 | Bouncing pole with a spring on one end |
| 34% | HANDLEBAR | 9 | Long mustache with turned-up ends |
| 34% | SWAB | 4 | Cleaning stick with cotton at the end |
| 34% | CROSSCUTSAW | 11 | Logging tool with handles at both ends |
| 33% | YOU | 3 | End of a song at parties with candles |
| 33% | BOLA | 4 | Weapon with weights on each end |
| 33% | FUMANCHU | 8 | Facial hair with long drooping ends |
| 32% | TIM | 3 | Cook with a long history at Apple |
| 32% | FINALE | 6 | Ending with fellow at home having beer |
| 32% | ECLAIR | 6 | Long pastry that is filled with either cream or custard |
| 32% | PIKEMEN | 7 | Soldiers with long spikes, not fish, on poles |
| 32% | HER | 3 | What the four longest answers all end with |
| 32% | OGLE | 4 | Look at long … and with longing |
| 31% | SANTA | 5 | Christmas figure with a workshop at the North Pole |
| 31% | SIZES | 5 | What the three long answers end with, in brief |
| 31% | OIL | 3 | __ change (what the five longest Across answers end with) |
| 31% | ELEPHANT | 8 | Animal with the longest gestation, at nearly two years |
| 31% | CREDITS | 7 | Long list of names at the end of a film |
| 30% | JRS | 3 | People with II at the end of their full name, briefly |