| 100% | INSTANTPOTATOES | 15 | Side dish ready in about three minutes |
| 39% | RAITA | 5 | Side dish in India |
| 38% | ROUND | 5 | Three minutes in the ring |
| 38% | RND | 3 | Three minutes, in boxing: Abbr. |
| 38% | STIRFRIES | 9 | Side dish in a jail? |
| 38% | DIRTYRICE | 9 | Side dish in Cajun cuisine |
| 37% | RICEPILAF | 9 | Side dish cooked in a seasoned broth |
| 37% | CORNBREAD | 9 | Side dish with origins in Native cuisine |
| 35% | ALOOGOBI | 8 | Curried cauliflower side dish in Indian cuisine |
| 35% | SLAW | 4 | Cabbage side dish often served in tiny cups |
| 35% | RICE | 4 | Dish sometimes made in a minute |
| 34% | LIE | 3 | "Your table will be ready in five minutes," possibly |
| 34% | RICE | 4 | White or brown side dish in a Chinese restaurant |
| 34% | CHEKHOV | 7 | He wrote a play about three sisters in 1901 |
| 34% | SLAW | 4 | Cold cabbage side dish, in a meal |
| 34% | SERB | 4 | About one in three residents of Bosnia |
| 34% | RAITA | 5 | Side dish in Indian cuisine of chopped cucumber and mint in yoghurt |
| 33% | YAM | 3 | Thanksgiving side dish found in the longest Across answers |
| 32% | SEIS | 4 | “___ Manos,” animated show about three Mexican orphans trained in Chinese martial arts |
| 32% | DIVINGPLATFORMS | 15 | Structures that are about three stories above the water, in the Olympics |
| 31% | OWENS | 5 | Jesse who broke three world records in 45 minutes |
| 31% | PORRIDGE | 8 | The main dish in Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
| 31% | INATIE | 6 | How about one in three pro soccer games ends |
| 31% | RAITA | 5 | Side dish in India |
| 31% | ULYSSES | 7 | Novel about one day in the life of three Dubliners |
| 30% | SWEETMAGNOLIAS | 14 | Netflix series based on Sherryl Woods novels about three friends in South Carolina (2 wds.) |
| 29% | DOESASET | 8 | Plays for about 45 minutes, in lounge lingo |
| 29% | RICE | 4 | Minute ___ (quick-cooking side dish) |
| 29% | BRB | 3 | I'm away from the computer for a few minutes, in three letters |
| 29% | SLAW | 4 | Side dish |