| 100% | BREATHER | 8 | On a long run you might stop to have one of these |
| 43% | ACHIP | 5 | Item you might throw on a roulette table or something that it's absolutely impossible to eat just one of |
| 42% | BASELINE | 8 | You might run on one to get home |
| 41% | SCALE | 5 | "How would you rate this on a ___ of one to ten?" |
| 41% | BARSTOOL | 8 | You might sit on one when having a cocktail |
| 41% | TAKEITDOWNANOTCH | 16 | Reduce one’s excitement slightly ... or what you have to do to the final letter of five long answers in this puzzle? |
| 40% | ORTH | 4 | You might go to one when you have a fractured bone, briefly |
| 40% | RAIN | 4 | On a spring night, you may hear the pitter-patter of this shower |
| 40% | ROAD | 4 | The Beatles had a long one of these on their last number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 40% | CAKE | 4 | You might eat one of these on your birthday |
| 39% | ORANGECAB | 9 | It might have a long run on Broadway |
| 39% | THYME | 5 | You might have a lot of it on your hands, if you're a chef |
| 39% | AVAST | 5 | How you might tell someone to stop on Talk Like a Pirate Day |
| 39% | HOMEPLATE | 9 | To score a run in baseball you must step on this |
| 39% | PAGETURNER | 10 | You may not need a bookmark for one ... and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| 38% | INNING | 6 | Pres. Taft, in 1910, stretched during the 7th one of these, thereby lending credence to a long standing practice |
| 38% | GAB | 3 | Having a gift of this allows one to speak well |
| 38% | THUMBS | 6 | Humans have one of these on each hand |
| 37% | TOLL | 4 | ___ plaza (booth where you have to stop on road, to pay a fee) |
| 37% | CARROT | 6 | Bugs Bunny always had one of these to eat |
| 37% | SAND | 4 | You will need to have a 1-inch layer of this grainy beach material in your snow globe terrarium |
| 37% | HORN | 4 | A unicorn has one of these |
| 37% | BOARD | 5 | You'll need a famous one of these to figure out the contest |
| 36% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 36% | DOG | 3 | President Trump is the first president in over 100 years not to have one of these |
| 36% | TENT | 4 | Camping shelter that you may want to take along on a day of trekking |
| 36% | PEAR | 4 | On the first day of Christmas, your true love may send you a partridge in this "poached fruit" tree |
| 36% | LEADDETECTIVES | 14 | Ones in charge of a case ... or a literal hint to the eight other longest answers in this puzzle |
| 36% | HAIRBAND | 8 | Use one of these to tie a ponytail |
| 36% | BONE | 4 | You might have one to pick |