| 100% | SCUTTLE | 7 | Opening with a lid in a ship's deck or side; coal container |
| 38% | ORLOP | 5 | Lowest deck in a vessel with four or more decks |
| 36% | SWAB | 4 | Clean with a mop, as a ship's deck |
| 35% | LOGGIA | 6 | In architecture, a room with one fully open side |
| 35% | TOPSIDE | 7 | On a ship's open deck |
| 35% | USSMAINE | 8 | Ship with a memorial in New York City's Central Park |
| 33% | CIGARBOX | 8 | Container with a lid that flips |
| 32% | JAR | 3 | Glass container with a lid |
| 32% | BULKHEAD | 8 | Partition in a ship or aeroplane |
| 32% | TONIC | 5 | It's often mixed with gin or vodka in a cocktail |
| 32% | OVERTURE | 8 | Opening piece of music in a musical or play |
| 32% | LEERILY | 7 | In a suspicious way, or with skepticism |
| 32% | BUCKET | 6 | Open container with a handle |
| 31% | UNNAILED | 8 | Loose, in a way, as planks or siding |
| 31% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Golfer who won the 2008 U.S. Open with a double fracture in his tibia: 2 wds. |
| 31% | FENESTRA | 8 | Opening or hole in a bone |
| 31% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 35-Across, a member of Destiny's Child, or an actress in "Brokeback Mountain" |
| 31% | ICE | 3 | Rocks in a cocktail or word with "land" to make Reykjavik's country |
| 31% | MEATSTEW | 8 | Entree in a bowl with beef or lamb, say |
| 30% | SAIL | 4 | Travel in a boat or ship |
| 30% | LIDO | 4 | Cruise ship deck with a pool |
| 30% | BROUGHAM | 8 | Four-wheeled horse-drawn closed carriage with a raised open driver's seat in front |
| 30% | POCKET | 6 | *Keys keeper in pants ... or with 15a a term for one's wallet |
| 30% | RIGHTBETWEENTHE | 15 | With 67-Across, in a sudden and completely apparent way ... or a punny description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 30% | EVERGIVEN | 9 | Container ship that caused a blockage in the Suez |
| 30% | BUCKET | 6 | Container for carrying water, or dipping a mop in |
| 30% | WINDOW | 6 | Open this on a computer or in a house |
| 30% | ACES | 4 | Highest or lowest cards in a deck |
| 30% | ACE | 3 | High or low card in a deck |
| 30% | REDSUIT | 7 | Diamonds or hearts, in a card deck |