| 100% | TENON | 5 | Projecting end of a piece of wood that is formed to fit into a mortise in another piece |
| 40% | LOG | 3 | Large piece of wood that may be used in building a cabin |
| 35% | DOVETAIL | 8 | Wood joint formed by one or more tenons on one piece that interlock with corresponding mortises in another |
| 35% | MORTISE | 7 | Slot or recess cut into a piece of wood to receive a tenon of another piece |
| 34% | BEAMS | 5 | Thick pieces of wood that might be beneath a ceiling |
| 33% | MATTE | 5 | Mask used to blank out part of an image in a film so that another can be superimposed |
| 33% | COUCH | 5 | Piece of furniture that might be difficult to maneuver up a staircase |
| 33% | ISH | 3 | "Give or take" suffix ... that can be added to the end of 18-, 23-, 51- and 60-Across to form a sort of set |
| 32% | KEEPER | 6 | Small piece that holds the end of a belt in place |
| 32% | JEANRENO | 8 | French actor whose name becomes that of a French director when IR is added to the end |
| 32% | ELI | 3 | Name that can fill in the blank to form another name: Am___a |
| 32% | TENON | 5 | Part of a joint that fits in a mortise |
| 31% | MIDDLEMARCH | 11 | Sixth novel by George Eliot (birthday yesterday) which was written in two pieces that holds a lot of historical value and is considered to be her best work |
| 31% | FOOTSTOOL | 9 | Piece of furniture that the castle's pet dog is turned into in "Beauty and the Beast" |
| 31% | ELS | 3 | Television is made up of thousands of pix___ that come together to form a picture |
| 31% | AMAZON | 6 | ___ River, waterbody in South America that is central to a rainforest of the same name |
| 31% | ANAGRAM | 7 | A word or phrase that can be formed using the letters of another word |
| 31% | JIGSAW | 6 | ___ puzzle, type of puzzle where pieces are interlocked to form a picture |
| 31% | POT | 3 | Container that's said to be at the end of a rainbow |
| 31% | MATCHA | 6 | Type of tea that is made by grinding a special type of green tea into powder form |
| 30% | PARTINGSHOT | 11 | End of a testy exchange, and what can be found four times in this puzzle, thanks to four black squares |
| 30% | YEW | 3 | A kind of wood that is used for bows (rhymes with "new") |
| 30% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 30% | APPLIQUE | 8 | Needlework technique in which trimming of one material is sewn on to a larger piece |
| 30% | SPONGE | 6 | ___ cake, lightly flavored cake that can be used to form multiple layers in a cake |
| 30% | BEET | 4 | ___ juice, drink made of a root vegetable that is known to be rich in antioxidants |
| 30% | DELOREAN | 8 | DMC ___, car model that was modified into a time machine in "Back to the Future" |
| 30% | LEN | 3 | Name that can be inserted into Joe to form another name |
| 30% | CANE | 4 | Sugar___, a kind of grass that is used to make sugar |
| 30% | CALF | 4 | Part of a runner's body that is susceptible to cramping |