| 100% | GASTROPOD | 9 | Podcast that discusses "food with a side of science and history" |
| 39% | STEW | 4 | Dish with a little of this and a little of that |
| 38% | ASTRO | 5 | Prefix with 19d that is a branch of science popularized by people like Stephen Hawking and Neil deGrasse Tyson |
| 37% | BIOLOGY | 7 | Branch of natural science that deals with evolution and genetics |
| 37% | CANOPY | 6 | Part of a parachute that opens and fills with air |
| 37% | TOSTADA | 7 | Dish with a side of guacamole |
| 37% | NBAJAM | 6 | Game with a secret additional roster of players that includes Bill Clinton and Al Gore |
| 37% | DOUGHBOYS | 9 | Podcast with reviews of chain restaurants and a regular "Snack or Wack" feature |
| 36% | SPOTIFY | 7 | Popular music app with a green logo that provides playlists, podcasts, and does a yearly "Wrap" |
| 36% | NOMSG | 5 | Food-label qualifier with a history of misinformation |
| 36% | GEOLOGY | 7 | Branch of science that deals with the study of earth as well as its structure and composition |
| 36% | SANDWICH | 8 | Food made with bread, peanut butter, and jelly, that might be enjoyed at a picnic |
| 36% | THESEAAROUNDUS | 14 | 44-Across book about the science and history of the ocean that won the 1952 National Book Award for Nonfiction (4 wds.) |
| 36% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 36% | SATAY | 5 | Grilled Thai dish with a side of peanut sauce |
| 35% | IAMS | 4 | Brand of cat and dog food that has a ProActive Health line |
| 35% | EGGSOVEREASYRIDER | 17 | "Some runny yolks with a side of Peter Fonda then?" |
| 35% | DUNLIN | 6 | Small wading bird with a slightly down-curved bill that breeds in the uplands of Scotland, Wales and England |
| 35% | HONEY | 5 | Food with a lot of buzz around it? |
| 35% | MARS | 4 | "___ and the Mind of Man," book that features a panel discussion with Carl Sagan and others |
| 35% | WARIO | 5 | Nintendo antagonist with a yellow hat, a zigzag mustache, and a name one letter off from that of the protagonist |
| 35% | PARMESAN | 8 | Italian cheese with a hard texture that derives its name from provinces of Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna and Mantua |
| 34% | COMBO | 5 | Order with a side and a drink |
| 34% | CINDYCRAWFORD | 13 | Supermodel with a trademark mole above her lip and a line of exercise videos that begin with her name: 2 wds. |
| 34% | OLIO | 4 | A dish with some of this and some of that |
| 34% | PHYSICS | 7 | That branch of science concerned with the study of the properties of space, time, matter and energy |
| 34% | SALAD | 5 | Light dish with a mix of small bits of food that's served as a meal course |
| 34% | FEATHERS | 8 | Lightweight bits of a bird's wing that might float and get carried away with the wind |
| 33% | ASTRIDE | 7 | With a leg on either side of |
| 33% | ASTRADDLE | 9 | With a leg on each side of |