| 100% | CARABINER | 9 | Metal link with hinge, to connect climbing ropes |
| 35% | MISS | 4 | Fail to connect with |
| 35% | ALOOF | 5 | Hard to connect with |
| 34% | TIETO | 5 | Link with, using a rope: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TIETO | 5 | Connect with, by rope |
| 32% | TIETO | 5 | Link or connect with: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TIETO | 5 | Connect with a rope (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ASSOCIATE | 9 | Connect or link concepts with each other |
| 32% | TAP | 3 | Connect to secretly, as with telephone lines |
| 32% | ALOOF | 5 | Hard to emotionally connect with |
| 31% | SIEMENS | 7 | Company with longtime links to Westinghouse |
| 30% | NET | 3 | What 51-Down connects to, with "the" |
| 30% | REDBULL | 7 | Energy drink with links to F1 racing |
| 30% | INTERLOX | 8 | Online service with links to bagel companies? |
| 30% | ALCHEMIST | 9 | Scientist concerned with turning metals to gold |
| 30% | HEMP | 4 | Fiber used to make ropes (rhymes with "temp") |
| 30% | WAFFLE | 6 | __ iron, hinged metal device to bake pancake mix |
| 29% | ANKLES | 6 | Regions where feet connect to legs, with 3 joints |
| 29% | DOVER | 5 | Port in Kent with a ferry link to Calais |
| 29% | CLIPBOARD | 9 | A4 hard surface with metal peg to hold paper |
| 29% | LOVERSLEAP | 10 | Promontory with a tragic romantic story connected to it |
| 29% | HOPPOLE | 7 | British pub name with links to beer's ingredients |
| 29% | GONGED | 6 | Struck metal with a mallet to make a loud sound |
| 29% | CAGEDIVE | 8 | Go underwater in a metal crate to swim with sharks |
| 29% | STORM | 5 | Bad time to head outside with a tall metal rod |
| 29% | DOGLEGS | 7 | Some links holes ... with a hint to the circled letters |
| 29% | PROSANDICONS | 12 | List of PGA players with pictorial links to their bios? |
| 28% | LARNE | 5 | Seaport in Northern Ireland with a ferry link to Fleetwood, Lancashire |
| 28% | FELIXSTOWE | 10 | Port and resort in Suffolk with a ferry link to Rotterdam |
| 28% | MSNBC | 5 | It began with the slogan "It's time to get connected" |