| 100% | DABBA | 5 | Math symbol also known as "Jacobi's delta" or just "curly d" and used to represent a partial differential |
| 30% | FERMATA | 7 | Musical symbol also known as a birdseye |
| 28% | STIRFRIES | 9 | Uses a wok, or, read as a direction, a hint to the ends of 17-, 28- and 44-Across |
| 28% | WOLVERINE | 9 | Animal also known as a glutton or quickhatch |
| 28% | HOAGIE | 6 | Sandwich also known as a sub or a hero |
| 27% | BLUEBELL | 8 | European plant also known as a wood hyacinth or harebell |
| 27% | POLY | 4 | Roly-____, bug also known as potato bug or a doodlebug |
| 27% | CORMORANT | 9 | Seabird also known as a sea crow or sea raven |
| 27% | BOB | 3 | I am known as a Rastafari icon and I also earned Jamaica's Order of Merit award |
| 26% | STEARIC | 7 | Acid also known as octadecanoic acid, commonly used in producing soaps and detergents |
| 26% | GALAH | 5 | Australian bird also known as the rose breasted cockatoo or pink and grey |
| 26% | FLAG | 4 | Nation's "waving" symbol ... and a word used with 23a to signify 50a |
| 26% | PLUS | 4 | Math symbol used in addition, or a word meaning "in addition" |
| 26% | MANGETOUT | 9 | Pea with an edible pod also known as a sugar pea or snow pea |
| 26% | NOTCH | 5 | A symbol used to tally something, such as a cut on a gunfighter's barrel |
| 26% | PEANUT | 6 | Leguminous plant also known as a goober or monkey nut cultivated for its edible seed |
| 26% | VINYL | 5 | (5/7) "Keep those old ___ records (vintage music record material) and hang them up or stack them to use as a unique decorative piece!" |
| 26% | PARSLEY | 7 | Curly or flat-leaf herb used as a garnish |
| 26% | SUM | 3 | Math item represented using a plus or a sigma |
| 26% | BOTH | 4 | A and B, as opposed to A or B |
| 26% | GOULASH | 7 | American ___, popular dish with pasta that is also known as slumgullion, made using beef and tomatoes |
| 25% | OKRA | 4 | Veggie also known as a lady's finger |
| 25% | NEEM | 4 | Tree also known as the Indian Lilac whose twigs have been used for centuries as a toothbrush |
| 25% | STRAP | 5 | Adjustable band used to support and hold an instrument such as a guitar |
| 25% | TEMPLATE | 8 | Stencil or other pattern to use as a guide |
| 25% | EYELESS | 7 | Unable to see ... or, when taken as a homophone, what today's puzzle answers and clues all are |
| 25% | ALS | 3 | Also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease and Motor Neutron Disease (abbr) |
| 25% | KAPPA | 5 | Symbol used to represent Einstein's gravitational constant |
| 25% | MESH | 4 | Hashtag symbol, also known as the pound sign, number sign, hex, comment sign and occasionally by this |
| 25% | PASSIONFRUIT | 12 | It's also known as a maypop |