| 100% | PARANG | 6 | Short straight-edged knife used as a weapon and tool in the Malay archipelago |
| 43% | DAGGER | 6 | Short, sharp knife used as a weapon |
| 41% | ASS | 3 | Animal whose jawbone Samson used as a weapon in the Bible |
| 37% | ACACIA | 6 | Tree which yields gum arabic, used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in the food industry |
| 36% | YERBA | 5 | ___ mate, traditionally consumed as a drink in Paraguay and originally used by the Guaraní people |
| 35% | OAR | 3 | Boating implement that was used as a murder weapon in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" |
| 33% | AXE | 3 | Tool supposedly used as a weapon by Lizzie Borden |
| 32% | NGALIEMA | 8 | Bay used as a port for Kinshasa in the DRC |
| 32% | GAMERGATE | 9 | Misogynistic online harassment campaign used as a recruiting tool for the alt-right |
| 32% | MIRROR | 6 | Magic ___, magical object that is used as a television in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 31% | PEAS | 4 | Veggies used as weapons in the game "Plants vs. Zombies" |
| 31% | TONALITY | 8 | The shading and hues used in a painting |
| 31% | SAX | 3 | Instrument often used as the "J" in a "Jazz Club" sign |
| 31% | TRADE | 5 | Tools of the ___ (items used in a particular occupation) |
| 31% | STARTINGDAGGERS | 15 | First weapons used in a knife fight? |
| 30% | RAT | 3 | Animal fittingly used as a motif in "The Departed" |
| 30% | SABRE | 5 | Bears used as a weapon |
| 30% | CUDGEL | 6 | Club used as a weapon |
| 30% | SPEAR | 5 | Pears used as a weapon |
| 30% | SWORD | 5 | Words used as a weapon |
| 30% | MARIGOLD | 8 | Color and flower used as a motif in Monsoon Wedding |
| 30% | TEAMS | 5 | Sides in a sport, such as the Dodgers and Giants |
| 30% | CONSEQUENTIALLY | 15 | As a result, and a hint to a three-letter chunk in the five long Down answers |
| 30% | TIMOR | 5 | Divided island in the Malay Archipelago |
| 30% | BORNEO | 6 | Large island in the Malay Archipelago |
| 30% | COSH | 4 | Thick stick used as a weapon |
| 30% | SPEAR | 5 | Small fruit used as a weapon |
| 30% | MACE | 4 | Spiked club used as a weapon |
| 29% | AGENT | 5 | & 6D Highly poisonous herbicide used as a spray for defoliation and crop destruction by the US during the Vietnam War |