| 100% | SNELL | 5 | Part of a fishing line to which the hook is attached |
| 84% | SNELL | 5 | Part of a fishing line to which a hook is attached |
| 55% | REEL | 4 | Part of a fishing rod used to wind up the line |
| 53% | MINARET | 7 | Part of a mosque from which the call to prayer is made |
| 50% | ROD | 3 | Fishing ___ (equipment to which a fishing line is attached) |
| 47% | GUT | 3 | The part of your body which is often referred to when you get a "feeling" about something |
| 46% | MAST | 4 | Part of a ship that a sail is attached to |
| 46% | SETUP | 5 | Part of a joke that leads to the punch line |
| 46% | PERISCOPE | 9 | Tubular optical device allowing a viewer to see objects which are not directly in the line of sight |
| 46% | IGNITION | 8 | Part of a vehicle the key is pushed in to start it |
| 45% | RIM | 3 | Part of a glass which is rolled in salt for the cocktail Margarita |
| 44% | ARCH | 4 | Part of the foot which is also a prefix for enemy |
| 44% | HIP | 3 | Part of the body that a fanny pack is often next to |
| 42% | ARIA | 4 | A part of an opera which is usually the solo of the Diva |
| 41% | CUTTINGTHECARDS | 15 | Part of a blackjack dealer's ritual … or what this answer is doing vis-à-vis the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | KOI | 3 | A kind of fish, after which the pond is named |
| 41% | YANKEES | 7 | "The Pride of the ___," 1942 sports drama which is a tribute to Lou Gehrig |
| 40% | AFT | 3 | Toward the most common part of a boat to fish from |
| 40% | FENCING | 7 | A sport which is part of the Olympic events |
| 40% | ARCHERY | 7 | A sport which is part of the Olympic events |
| 40% | SAILING | 7 | A sport which is part of the Olympic events |
| 40% | CROP | 4 | Expanded part of the oesophagus in birds in which food is stored before passing on to the gizzard |
| 40% | MONSTERS | 8 | "Godzilla: King of the ___," 2019 movie which is a prequel to "Godzilla vs. Kong" |
| 40% | KNEE | 4 | Part of a leg which is often scraped |
| 40% | SETUP | 5 | Part of a joke before the punch line |
| 40% | SOLE | 4 | Part of a sneaker where the tread is |
| 40% | ROOF | 4 | Part of a house where the chimney is |
| 40% | GOD | 3 | "That infinite All of which man knows himself to be a finite part," per Tolstoy |
| 40% | NBA | 3 | Organization of which the LA Lakers and Miami Heat are a part: Abbr. |
| 40% | LAPEL | 5 | Part of a jacket where a hands-free mic is attached |