| 100% | STILT | 5 | Pole used by a circus performer to seem taller |
| 38% | SINKER | 6 | Weight used by a fisher to go deeper |
| 38% | DOGWHEEL | 8 | Treadmill used by a canine to turn a spit |
| 38% | TAROTCARD | 9 | Used by a fortune teller to predict the future |
| 37% | RAKE | 4 | Tool used by a croupier to gather chips, in Vegas |
| 37% | WIFEY | 5 | Informal term used by a husband to address his spouse lovingly |
| 36% | MAGICWAND | 9 | A stick used by a wizard to cast spells |
| 35% | CARPEDIEM | 9 | Latin phrase often used by a friend to mean "seize the day": 2 wds. |
| 35% | SCALES | 6 | Device used by Anubis to determine a soul's fate |
| 35% | GRAPE | 5 | Winery fruit used by the handful to enhance a parfait |
| 35% | ROD | 3 | A long pole that fishermen use to fish |
| 35% | SILO | 4 | Tall, round building used by a farmer |
| 35% | ALI | 3 | Name used by Aladdin when he pretends to be a prince |
| 35% | AXE | 3 | Tool used by firefighters to cut through a door or roof |
| 34% | BOYCOTTED | 9 | Protested by refusing to use a service |
| 34% | PUNTING | 7 | Using a pole to drive a boat in Oxford and Cambs |
| 33% | TETHERS | 7 | Attaches by rope, as a ball to a pole |
| 33% | SAIL | 4 | Canvas material used to propel a ship by wind |
| 33% | CODEWORDS | 9 | Lexicon used by spies, and a key to the ends of the starred answers |
| 33% | ALIVE | 5 | "It's ___!" quote used by Gingy in "Shrek" that is a reference to "Frankenstein" |
| 33% | NEE | 3 | Word used to identify a woman by her maiden name |
| 33% | CLAPPER | 7 | A board used by filmmakers to mark takes, and cut |
| 33% | SUBALTERN | 9 | Term first used by Antonio Gramsci to mean a subject excluded from hegemonic power structures |
| 32% | OARS | 4 | Tools used to propel a canoe or boat forward by hand |
| 32% | HENDIADYS | 9 | Grammatical structure where two words connected by a conjunction are used to express a single notion |
| 31% | HYMNAL | 6 | It's bound to be used by a congregant |
| 31% | FACERECOGNITION | 15 | Technology used by smartphones nowadays ... or a hint to the ends of 16-, 24-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 31% | EER | 3 | Always used by a poet |
| 31% | GEL | 3 | Goop used by a hairstylist |
| 31% | ANVIL | 5 | Block used by a smithy |