| 100% | MEND | 4 | Repair, as a broken heart (rhymes with "send") |
| 57% | MEND | 4 | Heal, as a broken heart |
| 53% | MEND | 4 | Heal, as a broken bone or heart |
| 49% | FILBERT | 7 | Same as a hazelnut; it rhymes with "Gilbert" |
| 49% | SHIV | 4 | Razor used as a weapon, rhymes with give |
| 48% | GRASP | 5 | Fully understand, as a complicated topic (aptly rhymes with "clasp") |
| 47% | LONDON | 6 | *With 44-Across, rhyme with a broken span |
| 47% | HANDYMAN | 8 | Guy to see "if your broken heart needs repair," in a song |
| 45% | SODS | 4 | Repairs with turf, as a lawn |
| 45% | TRY | 3 | "___ Sleeping with a Broken Heart" (Alicia Keys song) |
| 45% | ONSERVE | 7 | With no breaks, as a tennis set |
| 44% | SEAR | 4 | Char, as a steak (rhymes with "fear") |
| 44% | FORGE | 5 | Fabricate, as a signature (rhymes with "gorge") |
| 44% | DODGE | 5 | Evade, as a question (rhymes with "lodge") |
| 44% | SLAIN | 5 | Killed, as a dragon (rhymes with "chain") |
| 44% | SLEW | 4 | Killed, as a giant (rhymes with "flew") |
| 44% | SAVOR | 5 | Relish, as a feast (rhymes with "flavor") |
| 44% | WIELD | 5 | Swing, as a sword (rhymes with "yield") |
| 44% | CITES | 5 | Credits, as a source (rhymes with "bites") |
| 44% | HONE | 4 | Sharpen, as a skill (rhymes with "phone") |
| 44% | DITCH | 5 | Abandon, as a plan (rhymes with "hitch") |
| 44% | SEARS | 5 | Chars, as a steak (rhymes with "fears") |
| 44% | STEELMAGNOLIAS | 14 | 1989 dramedy featuring Shirley MacLaine as a town grouch with a heart of gold (2 wds.) |
| 44% | HUMPTYDUMPTY | 12 | *Rhyme with a broken ovoid |
| 44% | ROCKABYEBABY | 12 | *Rhyme with a broken bough |
| 44% | JACKANDJILL | 11 | *Rhyme with a broken crown |
| 44% | UNTO | 4 | "___ a broken heart": Dickinson |
| 43% | BROAD | 5 | Wide, sweeping, as a statement (rhymes with "fraud") |
| 43% | FURL | 4 | Roll up, as a flag (rhymes with "curl") |
| 43% | DEFT | 4 | Neatly skillful, as a magician (rhymes with "left") |