| 100% | ENCODED | 7 | Need cod to be cooked and made secret |
| 45% | FOOLISH | 7 | To be silly and make poor decisions |
| 42% | CHAPLIN | 7 | Who said "All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl" |
| 42% | CALENDARREFORM | 14 | The change from Julian to Gregorian ... or what would be needed to make 20-, 31- and 40-Across possible? |
| 39% | ANIMATEDCARTOON | 15 | Drawers are needed to make this |
| 37% | AFUSS | 5 | "There is no need to make ___" (create commotion): 2 wds. |
| 37% | CORN | 4 | (You will need) This sweet syrup ingredient to make 28a. |
| 37% | FLOUR | 5 | (You will need) This dough base ingredient to make 28a. |
| 37% | POTATO | 6 | This starchy tuber is used to make chips and salad |
| 36% | SMOG | 4 | Fog that is made worse due to smoke and other pollutants |
| 36% | BAKING | 6 | You will need some ___ soda to make a perfect cookie sandwich |
| 36% | CINNAMON | 8 | (You will need) This sweet-smelling spiced ingredient to make 28a. |
| 36% | EGG | 3 | (You will need) One "Sunny side up" ingredient to make 28a. |
| 36% | BIRCH | 5 | Tree whose 1-Down was used to make canoes and wigwams |
| 36% | CODE | 4 | Secret message that needs to be cracked |
| 36% | CODE | 4 | Secret cipher that needs to be cracked |
| 36% | FORSTARTERS | 11 | "To begin..." and what the theme answers need in order to make sense |
| 36% | COCOA | 5 | You will need this brown powder to make a perfect cookie sandwich |
| 36% | SUGAR | 5 | You will need this common sweetener to make a perfect cookie sandwich |
| 36% | ASCII | 5 | Character set that can be used to make emoticons and digital art |
| 35% | OIL | 3 | You will also need a vegetable ___ spray to make a perfect cookie sandwich |
| 35% | MILK | 4 | You will need this liquid dairy product to make a perfect cookie sandwich |
| 35% | BAKING | 6 | (You will need) This "dough rising" soda as an ingredient to make 28a. |
| 35% | BUTTER | 6 | (You will need) This dairy-based block as an ingredient to make 28a. |
| 35% | SHAKER | 6 | What "salt" has been put in to make 1-Across and 6-Down? |
| 35% | COOKIE | 6 | *Make your Gingerbread village* Choco-chip treat that you will need to make gingerbread citizens |
| 35% | DISAPPEARINGINK | 15 | Medium for secret messages, and a hint to making sense of 12 Down answers |
| 35% | FLOUR | 5 | You will need this "all-purpose" white powder to make a perfect cookie sandwich |
| 35% | FOAM | 4 | Memory ___, substance used to make mattresses and pillows that was originally developed by NASA |
| 35% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | "Wheelie" and "ollie" activity that was to make its debut at the 2020 Olympics |