| 100% | EGO | 3 | Part of what makes you you |
| 100% | GENETICCODE | 11 | Part of what makes you you |
| 73% | GENES | 5 | A lot of what makes you you |
| 62% | HEELS | 5 | Parts of a shoe that make you look taller |
| 62% | DNA | 3 | What you're made of |
| 60% | DNAPROFILE | 10 | What shows what you're made of? |
| 59% | GRAHAM | 6 | What would you call a cinnamon-flavored cracker made of coarse flour? |
| 59% | LOG | 3 | What you would make a raft out of |
| 59% | DNA | 3 | It's what makes you you |
| 59% | EGO | 3 | What makes you you |
| 59% | IDENTITY | 8 | What makes you you |
| 59% | DNA | 3 | What makes you you? |
| 57% | SOWSEAR | 7 | What you can't make a silk purse out of, proverbially |
| 56% | ANATOMY | 7 | Course that shows you what you're made of? |
| 55% | DNA | 3 | What makes you unique |
| 55% | WOWEM | 5 | Informal "Show that crowd what you're made of!" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | EAR | 3 | Part of the body that becomes what it does if you put an H in front of it |
| 54% | SAY | 3 | What you can do to the first parts of 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 54% | MOTIVES | 7 | What makes you do things |
| 54% | ANDSO | 5 | Part of what etc. means |
| 54% | USE | 3 | "Make ___ of what you have" (find a purpose for) |
| 53% | CLOAK | 5 | Invisibility ___, garment which makes you disappear and may be a part of your "Harry Potter" Halloween costume |
| 53% | SKI | 3 | Part of what a biathlete does |
| 53% | ICE | 3 | Part of what sank the Titanic |
| 53% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 53% | USE | 3 | To put into action. "Make ___ of what you have." |
| 53% | PUNS | 4 | Bits of wordplay that may make you groan... and what 10a, 24a, 27a, 14d, and 23d all are! |
| 52% | HANDLE | 6 | Part of a briefcase that you hold |
| 52% | TOE | 3 | Part of the foot you can wiggle |
| 52% | SEED | 4 | Part of a pomegranate you should eat |