| 100% | HORST | 5 | Raised block of the earth's crust, to a geologist |
| 49% | TECTONIC | 8 | Relating to the structure of the earth's crust |
| 49% | SILICON | 7 | More than a quarter of the earth's crust |
| 48% | SILICON | 7 | More than a quarter of the earth's crust, by mass |
| 47% | TECTONICS | 9 | Science of the Earth’s crust |
| 46% | PLATE | 5 | Part of the earth's crust |
| 46% | HORST | 5 | Ridge of the earth's crust |
| 46% | SIMA | 4 | Part of the earth's crust |
| 46% | PLATE | 5 | Division of the earth's crust |
| 45% | FAULTLINE | 9 | Sign of a fracture in the Earth’s crust |
| 45% | YEA | 3 | One of the first to raise a hand, usually |
| 45% | SIMA | 4 | Lower layer of the earth's crust |
| 45% | TECTONICPLATE | 13 | Shifting piece of the earth's crust |
| 44% | AGONIC | 6 | Line on the Earth's surface where the direction of magnetic north as shown on a compass is identical to true north |
| 43% | OFFTOAFASTSTART | 15 | Quick out of the blocks, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 43% | LOGGER | 6 | A wooden block tied to the feet of grazing horses |
| 43% | DIRTPORTION | 11 | Very, very top of the earth's crust? |
| 42% | WEIR | 4 | Low dam used to raise the water level of a river |
| 42% | CHEERS | 6 | Rallying words from fans in the stands, or a cry to mark the New Year's tradition of raising glasses |
| 42% | TECTONIC | 8 | Related to the earth's crust |
| 40% | TRENCH | 6 | Mariana ___, deepest part of the Earth's oceans and where James Cameron completed a solo descent |
| 40% | GPS | 3 | Navigational system involving satellites used to determine the position of a receiver on Earth |
| 40% | WHOA | 4 | Cry to a horse that's the opposite of "Giddyup!" |
| 39% | DESERT | 6 | Roughly a third of the earth's land surface |
| 39% | MANTLE | 6 | Layer of the Earth below the crust |
| 39% | SHIFT | 5 | Tectonic plate ___, movement of the earth's tectonic plates that is a proposed theory for the extinction of dinosaurs |
| 39% | ONESPLACE | 9 | It's to the left of a dot |
| 39% | TEAK | 4 | Plant whose name becomes that of a meat product when an s is added to the beginning |
| 38% | ELIXIR | 6 | The ___ of life, a potion said to prolong one's life |
| 38% | ROLLING | 7 | (2/5) Use a ___ pin (flattening tool) to spread the dough to make the crust of desired thickness. |