| 100% | CROSS | 5 | Powerful boxing punch that's usually thrown with the dominant hand |
| 42% | HOOK | 4 | Boxing punch that is usually aimed at the jaw |
| 34% | BONGO | 5 | Drum that's played with the hands |
| 33% | BONGO | 5 | Small drum that's played with the hands |
| 31% | JABBING | 7 | Straight punching with the lead hand |
| 31% | BOXER | 5 | Homer Simpson's job on the episode "The Homer They Fall" that involved throwing punches |
| 30% | BEAT | 4 | ___ someone to the punch, phrase that originated in boxing that means to anticipate someone's actions |
| 29% | EAST | 4 | Part of the U.S. that's usually first with election returns |
| 29% | KOS | 3 | Hits with a devastating punch in the boxing ring: Abbr. |
| 29% | UPPERCUT | 8 | Boxing punch aimed at the opponent's chin |
| 29% | CLAY | 4 | Material that can be sculpted with the hands |
| 29% | SWISSARMY | 9 | With 60-Across, contraption that usually includes the answers to the starred clues |
| 28% | TACO | 4 | Dish that's usually served with sauce |
| 28% | LOAN | 4 | Money that's usually repaid with interest |
| 28% | NOR | 3 | Word that's usually paired with "neither" |
| 28% | LEFT | 4 | Hand that's dominant in southpaws |
| 27% | ENDUST | 6 | Cleaning product with the slogan "It's that fast" |
| 27% | ACHOO | 5 | It's usually said with the eyes closed |
| 27% | FLUSH | 5 | Hand that's all the same suit |
| 27% | MUTINEER | 8 | Hand that's going for the head? |
| 27% | TACO | 4 | Tortilla that's usually filled with meat and cheese |
| 27% | MOUSEPAD | 8 | Item that's usually placed next to the keyboard |
| 27% | DEALIO | 6 | "What's the ___?" ("'Sup with that?") |
| 27% | ALBEIT | 6 | With the concession that |
| 27% | ROLL | 4 | ___ with the punches |
| 26% | TAXED | 5 | Like income that's reported to the IRS, usually |
| 26% | TEXT | 4 | Message that's often typed with the thumbs |
| 26% | ATM | 3 | Bree Runway song with the lyric “Swipe, swipe, that’s my language” |
| 26% | OURS | 4 | Taylor Swift song with the lyrics "Don't you worry your pretty little mind / People throw rocks at things that shine" |
| 26% | LEFTJABS | 8 | Boxing punches that may set up right hooks (2 wds.) |