| 100% | NSW | 3 | Now populous Australian state originally used as a penal colony by Britain in 1788 (abbr.) |
| 32% | YERBA | 5 | ___ mate, traditionally consumed as a drink in Paraguay and originally used by the Guaraní people |
| 32% | HOBART | 6 | State capital founded as a penal colony |
| 31% | TNT | 3 | Invention originally used as a yellow dye, in brief |
| 29% | WEASEL | 6 | Animal used as a henchman by Judge Doom in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" |
| 28% | YURT | 4 | Portable round tent commonly used as a dwelling by nomadic groups in Central Asia |
| 28% | DNA | 3 | Genetic material sometimes used as evidence in a trial: Abbr. |
| 27% | ALAR | 4 | Alternate name for the chemical Daminozide, used as a pesticide on fruit until banned by the EPA in 1989 |
| 27% | SYDNEY | 6 | City founded as a penal colony |
| 26% | TNT | 3 | Compound originally used as a yellow dye |
| 26% | TNT | 3 | Explosive originally used as a yellow dye |
| 26% | STAT | 4 | A number in sports, or a word used by doctors that means "right now!" |
| 26% | TNT | 3 | Explosive that, surprisingly, was originally used as a dye |
| 26% | TNT | 3 | Explosive that was originally used as a yellow dye |
| 26% | CITES | 5 | Uses as a reference in a bibliography |
| 25% | TNT | 3 | Explosive compound that was originally used as a yellow dye |
| 25% | CITES | 5 | Uses as a reference in a research paper |
| 25% | ALA | 3 | State, in short, which had as its first permanent capital the community of Cahaba, now a ghost town |
| 25% | DAYBED | 6 | Bed used as a couch by day |
| 25% | CFC | 3 | It's used as a refrigerant, abbr. |
| 25% | PEG | 3 | Piece used as a marker in Battleship |
| 25% | OKRA | 4 | Vegetable used as a thickener in gumbo |
| 25% | TAM | 3 | Abbr. for the see-through human model used for medical instruction and originally created by Richard Rush in 1968 |
| 25% | LAUREL | 6 | Wreath used as a symbol by film festivals |
| 25% | SSN | 3 | Nine digits used as a personal identification: Abbr. |
| 25% | ARROWROOT | 9 | Plant starch used as a thickener in sauces |
| 25% | LAMPBLACK | 9 | Soot used as a pigment in paints, inks |
| 24% | PAWNED | 6 | Used as security, in a way |
| 24% | AXE | 3 | Tool supposedly used as a weapon by Lizzie Borden |
| 24% | PIGEON | 6 | Type of bird used as a messenger in WWII |