| 100% | INKWELL | 7 | Quills were dipped in one while writing |
| 53% | INK | 3 | What quills are dipped in |
| 49% | INK | 3 | What a quill is dipped into before writing |
| 46% | JUMBOSHRIMP | 11 | One might be dipped in cocktail sauce |
| 44% | INKWELLS | 8 | What quill pens are dipped in |
| 42% | OBIT | 4 | Many a newspaper one is written well in advance |
| 42% | INK | 3 | What a quill may be dipped in |
| 42% | INK | 3 | What a quill pen is dipped in |
| 40% | VERBOSE | 7 | Denoting the style in which one might consider this clue to be written |
| 39% | INK | 3 | What quills are dipped into |
| 39% | PAINTCANS | 9 | Brushes are dipped in them |
| 39% | STYX | 4 | Achilles was dipped in it |
| 39% | SOY | 3 | Sushi is dipped in that sauce |
| 39% | DYE | 3 | What Easter eggs are dipped in |
| 39% | NACHOS | 6 | Chips that are dipped in salsa |
| 39% | STYX | 4 | Mythological river Achilles was dipped in |
| 39% | DYES | 4 | Easter eggs are dipped in them |
| 38% | INKPOT | 6 | Receptacle into which a quill is dipped |
| 38% | OREO | 4 | Cookie that may be dipped in milk |
| 38% | CHIP | 4 | Item that might be dipped in salsa |
| 38% | MINORKEY | 8 | Beethoven's Ninth is written in one |
| 37% | SUSHI | 5 | Japanese fish rolls which are dipped in Wasabi |
| 37% | STYX | 4 | River that most of Achilles was dipped in |
| 37% | BATTER | 6 | What chicken fingers are dipped in before frying |
| 37% | STYX | 4 | Achilles was dipped in it as an infant |
| 37% | OWE | 3 | Be behind in one's bills |
| 37% | PUTITMILDLY | 11 | Was understated in one's description |
| 37% | INKWELL | 7 | Small pot where a pen or quill is dipped |
| 37% | FEATHER | 7 | Bird's lightweight plumage that would be fashioned into a quill for writing a 46a in olden times |
| 37% | TOE | 3 | Body part that might be dipped in a pool |