| 100% | DIESEL | 6 | Rudolf __ invented this type of engine in 1893 |
| 56% | WARSHIP | 7 | Phoenicians invented this type of ship in 700s BC |
| 46% | GARDEN | 6 | This type of club is interested in plants |
| 46% | SUGARPLUM | 9 | This type of fairy danced in The Nutcracker |
| 46% | BALLET | 6 | This type of dancer performs in Swan Lake |
| 46% | ACOUSTIC | 8 | This type of tile absorbs sound in a studio |
| 45% | MARSUPIAL | 9 | This type of mammal keeps their young in a pouch |
| 45% | DIESEL | 6 | Rudolf —, German engineer who invented a type of internal combustion engine |
| 44% | AUTOMATIC | 9 | Type of hay baler invented in 1936 |
| 44% | ZEPPELIN | 8 | Type of rigid airship invented in Germany |
| 44% | PUN | 3 | Type of punchline hidden in this clue |
| 44% | PASSIVE | 7 | Type of voice used in this clue |
| 44% | TOILET | 6 | Type of paper invented in Sui Dynasty China |
| 44% | SPIRAL | 6 | Type of stairs invented in 480 BC Sicily |
| 43% | FIVEPIN | 7 | Toronto invented this Canadian type of bowling |
| 43% | VELCRO | 6 | Type of fastening invented by Georges de Mestral in 1948 |
| 43% | MATERIAL | 8 | Madonna was this type of girl in 1985 |
| 42% | TIKI | 4 | Type of torch actually invented in the U.S., not Polynesia |
| 42% | ARETE | 5 | The Minarets are this type of feature, prominent in California's Ansel Adams Wilderness |
| 41% | VOWEL | 5 | Type of letter that alternates with consonants in this puzzle's answers |
| 41% | GOBLIN | 6 | David Bowie played this type of king in Labyrinth |
| 40% | AMINO | 5 | French chemists Vauquelin and Robiquet isolated this type of acid, which they named asparagine, in 1806 |
| 40% | GEOMETRIC | 9 | Type of elements hidden in the starred answers on this side of the grid |
| 40% | CLASSICAL | 9 | Type of elements hidden in the starred answers on this side of the grid |
| 40% | CASTIRON | 8 | Don't put this type of pan in the dishwasher |
| 40% | GETAWAY | 7 | Ryan Gosling is this type of driver in Drive movie |
| 40% | FRENZY | 6 | Sharks engage in this type of hectic feeding |
| 40% | ARC | 3 | Type of lamp using carbon electrodes invented by Humphry Davy in the early 19th century |
| 39% | CYLINDERS | 9 | Number of these determines engine size in a car |
| 39% | SEARCH | 6 | Type of engine |