| 100% | WHORL | 5 | Pattern for a forensic scientist |
| 77% | DNALAB | 6 | Workplace for a forensic scientist |
| 56% | TARTAN | 6 | Pattern for a 10-Across |
| 56% | GRID | 4 | Pattern for a crossword puzzle |
| 53% | PLAID | 5 | Pattern for a lot of 1990s grunge wear |
| 52% | CAMO | 4 | Clothing pattern for a hunter, for short |
| 52% | LAB | 3 | Workplace for a mad scientist |
| 52% | MDPHD | 5 | Degree for a research scientist |
| 52% | MDPHD | 5 | Letters for a research scientist |
| 52% | ABSOLUTE0 | 9 | Lowest point for a scientist? |
| 52% | LAB | 3 | ___ coat (attire for a scientist) |
| 52% | FLASKS | 6 | Props for a mad scientist |
| 52% | LAB | 3 | Setting for a mad scientist |
| 51% | LAB | 3 | Workplace for a scientist |
| 51% | NOBEL | 5 | Recognition for a scientist |
| 51% | VIALS | 5 | Glasses for a scientist |
| 51% | ARSENIC | 7 | As for a scientist? |
| 50% | CAMO | 4 | Green-and-brown pattern for a sniper, for short |
| 49% | LAB | 3 | Workplace for a scientist, for short |
| 48% | LAB | 3 | Research site for a scientist, for short |
| 47% | BREAKTHROUGH | 12 | Good for a scientist, bad for a roofer |
| 46% | LATEX | 5 | Material for a lab scientist's gloves |
| 46% | POLKADOTS | 9 | Pattern named for a dance |
| 46% | FIBONACCI | 9 | Eponym for a mathematical pattern identified centuries earlier in India |
| 45% | SALK | 4 | Scientist Jonas who developed a vaccine for polio |
| 45% | BUR | 3 | Tough case for a plant scientist? |
| 45% | LAB | 3 | Where a scientist works, for short |
| 45% | ARGYLE | 6 | Pattern named for a Scottish county |
| 44% | PROFILER | 8 | NBC crime drama about a forensic psychologist working for the 1-Across |
| 44% | BROCA | 5 | Scientist for whom a part of the brain is named |