| 100% | BEEPERS | 7 | Outdated communication devices still used by doctors |
| 64% | FAX | 3 | Outdated communication mode still used by many medical offices |
| 41% | PAYPHONE | 8 | Outdated communication device (2 wds.) |
| 39% | XRAY | 4 | Diagnostic picture used by doctors: Hyph. |
| 37% | SYRINGE | 7 | Pump used by doctors to clear out the ears |
| 36% | LEECH | 5 | Bloodsucking insect used by medieval doctors |
| 36% | TURNTABLE | 9 | Device used by DJs |
| 36% | PUN | 3 | Device used by Shakespeare |
| 35% | DATATERMINAL | 12 | "Mobile" communications device used in law enforcement |
| 35% | LENSES | 6 | Devices used by 32-Across |
| 35% | SNARE | 5 | Device used by a trapper |
| 35% | LOOM | 4 | Device used by a weaver |
| 35% | VOCODER | 7 | Communications device used for distortion on the Beastie Boys’ “Intergalactic” |
| 34% | PAGER | 5 | Doctor's communication device |
| 34% | IRONY | 5 | Literary device much used by O. Henry |
| 34% | RADAR | 5 | Device used by police to catch speeders |
| 34% | STENO | 5 | Device used by a court reporter, informally |
| 34% | STAT | 4 | A number in sports, or a word used by doctors that means "right now!" |
| 33% | ASL | 3 | Communication method used by the deaf (Abbr.) |
| 33% | ASL | 3 | Communication system used by Deaf people: Abbr. |
| 32% | PRISM | 5 | Optics device used by Newton |
| 32% | BRAKES | 6 | Devices used for stopping a moving vehicle by applying pressure |
| 32% | SCALES | 6 | Device used by Anubis to determine a soul's fate |
| 31% | CARABINER | 9 | Latching device used by a mountain climber |
| 31% | LIGNE | 5 | Unit of length that became obsolete in the 18th century, but is still used by French and Swiss watchmakers |
| 30% | BULLWHIP | 8 | Cattle steering device used by Indiana Jones |
| 29% | CAMERA | 6 | Song by REM from their album "Reckoning" ... or device used for photography |
| 29% | TOOLKIT | 7 | Assortment of devices used by a diy-er |
| 29% | METRONOME | 9 | Beat-counting device used by musicians |
| 29% | CALCULATOR | 10 | Electronic device used for mathematical operations that's mostly been replaced by smartphones |