100% | SEL | 3 | Something it's quite polite to pass across the dinner table in Paris |
37% | ELBOW | 5 | Something it's not mannerly to put on a dinner table |
34% | XENON | 5 | It's next to iodine in the periodic table |
34% | PLATINUM | 8 | It's next to gold in the periodic table |
32% | GAS | 3 | It shouldn't be passed at the dinner table |
32% | BAIL | 4 | Something it's against the law to jump |
31% | ONE | 3 | Something it's good to get a hole in? |
31% | SADSONG | 7 | Something to take and "make it better," in the Beatles' "Hey Jude" |
31% | PARAMECIUM | 10 | It's something in the water |
30% | SLED | 4 | Something it's thought the ancient Egyptians used in relocating their obelisks |
30% | SIT | 3 | In winters, it feels quite nice to ___ close to the fireplace |
30% | MOTH | 4 | It's bad to keep in the closet |
30% | BRIBE | 5 | It's passed under the table |
30% | ALARM | 5 | It's set to wake you in the morning |
30% | AIRBAG | 6 | It's subject to inflation in the auto industry |
30% | FALLISSUE | 9 | It's bound to run in the third quarter |
30% | EGAL | 4 | It's the same in Paris |
29% | ANTE | 4 | It's usually put in the middle of a table |
29% | TAR | 3 | It's used to fill a crack in the road |
29% | BEAUTY | 6 | It's said to be in the eye of the beholder |
29% | VALUEADD | 8 | Improvement that brings something to the table, in business-speak |
29% | ORO | 3 | It's found next to mercurio on the periodic table |
29% | REACH | 5 | Be rude at the dinner table, in a way |
29% | PLAYWITHMYFOOD | 14 | What I shouldn't do at the dinner table, except in 20-, 28-, and 44-Across? |
29% | SALTSHAKER | 10 | One of a pair at the dinner table ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
29% | LIDS | 4 | Something it's tough to drive away without after you've left the Starbucks drive-thru |
29% | FREESPEECH | 10 | It's protected in the same amendment as the right to assemble |
29% | CLOVER | 6 | It's lucky to find a four-leaf one in the garden |
29% | XXXXXXXXXXXX | 12 | It's estimated to be a foot in the next 25 years |
28% | LISP | 4 | "Whose cruel idea was it for the word '___' to have an S in it?" (Steven Wright joke) |