| 100% | AET | 3 | One of the abbreviations used for a paraprofessional educator, a foreign national working in a Japanese classroom |
| 40% | KATAKANA | 8 | One of the Japanese collections of syllabic symbols most often used in transcribing foreign words into Japanese |
| 36% | NONET | 5 | Name for one of the 3x3 regions in a Sudoku grid |
| 36% | SEC | 3 | One of the sixty in a minute, for short |
| 36% | CHEM | 4 | One of the subjects that astronaut Story Musgrave has a degree in, for short |
| 35% | VALET | 5 | One working for a fancy restaurant who's almost never in the restaurant |
| 35% | SPADE | 5 | One of the suits in a deck of cards, also word for shovel |
| 35% | TAROTCARD | 9 | One of 78 in a deck used for fortune-telling |
| 35% | CUER | 4 | One who might work in the wings of a theater |
| 33% | LOUDSPEAKER | 11 | One may be put in the corner of a classroom |
| 33% | NEEDLEDROP | 10 | Turntable-inspired term for the use of a familiar song in a film |
| 33% | ENYA | 4 | One-named singer who co-composed a song in Elvish for "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 33% | HAIKUS | 6 | Japanese poems / like the one used in this clue / a beautiful hint |
| 32% | OAR | 3 | One of a pair used in a rowboat |
| 32% | BUTCHER | 7 | One of the "three men in a tub" |
| 32% | EXECUTIVE | 9 | One of the top bosses in a company |
| 32% | KAMIKAZE | 8 | One of a group of Japanese aircraft pilots of the Special Attack Unit in the Second World War who performed suicidal missions |
| 32% | KLAYTHOMPSON | 12 | One of the Golden State Warriors' "Big Three" who holds the NBA record for most points scored in a quarter (2 wds.) |
| 32% | KNOCKOUT | 8 | One of the reasons for ending a boxing match |
| 32% | FJORD | 5 | & 22A Equine mammal from the mountainous regions of Norway used for heavy work or in sport |
| 32% | ASSN | 4 | One of the A's in A.M.A.: Abbr. |
| 32% | DEED | 4 | One of a set needed for a monopoly in Monopoly |
| 32% | TYRE | 4 | One of the four rollers of a car, in London |
| 32% | DIAMONDS | 8 | One of the red suits in a deck of cards |
| 32% | WEST | 4 | One of the four regions in a March Madness bracket |
| 32% | GOLD | 4 | One of the colors prevalent in a Mardi Gras parade |
| 32% | HOLE | 4 | Step 3 of making a birdhouse: Cut out a ___ in one of the walls to make place for entry |
| 32% | UTENSIL | 7 | Any of the implements used in a kitchen |
| 32% | MATEO | 5 | One of the Gospels, in a Spanish Bible |
| 31% | ORC | 3 | One of a race of creatures in works by J R R Tolkien used as soldiers by Sauron and Saruman |