| 100% | EROO | 4 | Something that can end off a buck or a sock |
| 45% | ACE | 3 | Card that can begin or end a straight |
| 44% | BLADE | 5 | Cutting edge of a box cutter or razor, and something that can be sharpened |
| 44% | SLAG | 4 | Something left over from the Bessemer process that could be used in fertilizer or as a cement additive |
| 43% | PARASITE | 8 | Something that lives off of other things, such as a leech or a tapeworm |
| 42% | BERG | 4 | Something that's fallen off a shelf? |
| 42% | ANT | 3 | Insect that can live in a farm or a hill |
| 42% | TICKS | 5 | Bugs that can really bother a dog or a hiker |
| 42% | SALSA | 5 | Word that can mean either a dance or a sauce |
| 42% | BEER | 4 | Drink that could be in a keg or a growler |
| 41% | PEA | 3 | Vegetable that could roll off a plate |
| 41% | PICKUP | 6 | Learn ... or a word that can precede the ends of 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across |
| 41% | PEA | 3 | Small vegetable that could roll off a plate |
| 41% | ENGINE | 6 | Something that can roar or purr |
| 41% | TRAP | 4 | Something that could catch a mouse |
| 41% | NEO | 3 | Something that could start a phyte |
| 40% | CHAIR | 5 | Head, as a committee ... or a word that can follow the ends of 16-, 29-, 36-, 47- and 61-Across |
| 40% | ANGLE | 5 | Something that can be acute or obtuse |
| 40% | CASE | 4 | Something that can be tried or cracked |
| 40% | BAR | 3 | Something that can be raised or passed |
| 40% | MOUTH | 5 | Facial part that helps you eat ... or something a 44a can't breathe through |
| 40% | TEE | 3 | Alphabet that can be a shirt type or a junction |
| 40% | TEE | 3 | Letter that can be a shirt type or a junction |
| 40% | CRICKET | 7 | Word that can mean either an insect or a sport |
| 40% | SCENE | 5 | Something that can be stolen in a movie |
| 39% | ANT | 3 | Insect that could be a black garden or a red wood |
| 39% | DDR | 3 | Abbreviation that can refer to East Germany or a Konami game |
| 39% | EST | 3 | Ending that can follow thick or fast or slow |
| 39% | CREAM | 5 | Whip ... or something that can be whipped |
| 39% | LASH | 4 | Strike ... or something that can be batted |