| 100% | SKEWERED | 8 | Put meat together with the help of a spit for grilling |
| 39% | TRACE | 5 | Copy a picture with the help of a lightbox |
| 36% | LOAD | 4 | Put in the trunk of a car, for example |
| 36% | PARA | 4 | A group of sentences put together, for short |
| 36% | VIA | 3 | With the help of |
| 36% | USING | 5 | With the help of |
| 36% | MARINATE | 8 | To put meat in a sauce for a period of time |
| 35% | SESS | 4 | It often starts with the striking of a gavel, for short |
| 35% | SNIFFLE | 7 | Affliction of the nose for those with a cold |
| 34% | NIB | 3 | The very end of a pen, for writing with |
| 34% | BET | 3 | Put $50 on the result of a horse race, for example |
| 34% | ARGO | 4 | Ship built with the help of Athena |
| 34% | SETI | 4 | Subj. studied with the help of telescopes |
| 34% | EPSON | 5 | Company that began with the development of a printing timer for the 1964 Olympics |
| 34% | LIRPA | 5 | With 1-Across, a normal answer for a totally normal day of the year |
| 34% | GEO | 3 | Prefix with "thermal" for a type of renewable energy from the Earth |
| 33% | PLANS | 5 | They're made with the help of maps |
| 33% | PAVAROTTI | 9 | Singer with the Guinness Book record for greatest number of curtain calls at a single performance (165) |
| 33% | CHOIR | 5 | It often functions with the help of an organ |
| 33% | AUDIT | 5 | Investigation that might require the help of a CPA |
| 33% | HEAVY | 5 | "Weighty" characteristic of a cricket ball which helps with speed, force, and diverse styles of throwing the ball |
| 32% | YEN | 3 | What a "Y" with a pair of horizontal lines through it is the symbol for |
| 32% | IOR | 3 | Suffix with "super" for the name of a Great Lake |
| 32% | TRUMAN | 6 | With 33-Across, friend of 15-Across who was the basis for Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 32% | DOWN | 4 | (2/6) ... With 21a, the car won't start anymore. We need a bit of help! |
| 32% | DENIM | 5 | Material with a name that comes from a shortening of the French for "serge from Nîmes" |
| 32% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | 1982 hit for Survivor with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 4 wds. |
| 32% | BOFA | 4 | Financial institution with a stylized version of the Stars and Stripes in its logo, for short |
| 32% | WHITERABBIT | 11 | 1967 hit for Jefferson Airplane with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 2 wds. |
| 32% | PAGE | 4 | The front of a newspaper, for example |