| 100% | THATCHING | 9 | Skill of making and repairing roofs using straw |
| 40% | THATCHING | 9 | Making a roof out of straw |
| 40% | WIT | 3 | Comedian's skill of using wordplay and clever puns |
| 40% | TAR | 3 | Used in sealing roofs and making asphalt |
| 40% | HARNESS | 7 | Control and make use of |
| 37% | SENNIT | 6 | Plaited straw used in making hats (anagram of TENNIS) |
| 37% | CROCHET | 7 | Use hook and loops of yarn to make eg shopping bag |
| 37% | AGATE | 5 | Impure form of quartz used in making pestles and mortars |
| 37% | SODALIME | 8 | Type of glass used to make bottles and window panes |
| 37% | ADOBE | 5 | Brick made of soil and straw |
| 36% | BITUMEN | 7 | Impure mixture of hydrocarbons used as a road surfacing and roofing material |
| 36% | UMIAK | 5 | Open boat made of skin used by the Yupik and Inuit peoples |
| 35% | CRAFT | 5 | Skill of making things by hands |
| 35% | CARPENTRY | 9 | Skill of making things from wood |
| 35% | SPAGHETTI | 9 | ___ and meatballs, pasta dish of Italian-American origin made using meatballs and tomato sauce |
| 35% | RENNET | 6 | Substance prepared from the stomachs of calves used in making cheese and junket |
| 35% | MARGHERITAPIZZA | 15 | Dish made using the last words of 17-, 22-, 39-, and 50-Across |
| 35% | POLYMERASE | 10 | Enzyme used in assembling chains of nucleic acids to make DNA and RNA |
| 34% | MARBLING | 8 | Skill of making mottled-looking, stone-like papers |
| 34% | TAILORS | 7 | Professionals who make and repair suits |
| 34% | COBBLERS | 8 | Artisans who make and repair shoes |
| 33% | ESPARTO | 7 | Grass of S Europe and N Africa that yields a fibre used to make rope and mats |
| 33% | ESPARTO | 7 | Grass of southern Europe and north Africa that yields a fibre used to make rope and mats |
| 33% | FORESTRY | 8 | Skill of planting and growing trees |
| 32% | INP | 3 | Formula for a compound of elements number 15 and 49 that is used in making high speed transistors |
| 32% | HOTPRESS | 8 | Technique used to make technical ceramics at conditions of up to 4,350 degs. and 7,300 psi |
| 32% | ART | 3 | Skill of playing with paints and brushes |
| 32% | DENTISTRY | 9 | Treatment and repair of teeth |
| 32% | BARATHEA | 8 | Fabric made of silk and wool or cotton and rayon used especially for coats |
| 32% | USING | 5 | Making use of |