| 100% | SIN | 3 | Something to confess in the confessional |
| 61% | SIN | 3 | Something to confess at a confessional |
| 60% | SIN | 3 | Something to confess during confessional |
| 59% | SIN | 3 | Thing to confess in a confessional |
| 59% | GLOW | 4 | Something to do in the dark? |
| 59% | OAR | 3 | Something to dip in the water |
| 57% | STOP | 4 | Something to do in the name of love? (6) |
| 55% | SIN | 3 | Something confessed in a confessional |
| 55% | OBSTRUCT | 8 | To get in the way of something |
| 55% | STICK | 5 | Something to play fetch with in the woods |
| 54% | ROD | 3 | Something to hang a towel on, in the bathroom |
| 53% | CAMP | 4 | Something to make at night and break in the morning |
| 53% | AXE | 3 | Something to help you make your cabin in the woods |
| 53% | SLED | 4 | Something to stand on, or run behind, in the Iditarod |
| 52% | LETFLY | 6 | Something to do with the shapes in this puzzle? |
| 52% | ENCL | 4 | Something in addition to the letter: Abbr. |
| 52% | SADSONG | 7 | Something to take and "make it better," in the Beatles' "Hey Jude" |
| 52% | VALUEADD | 8 | Improvement that brings something to the table, in business-speak |
| 51% | FIRE | 4 | Something said to be in the eyes or belly |
| 50% | RACKET | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle |
| 50% | GOAL | 4 | Something you want to accomplish in the future |
| 48% | PLAY | 4 | With 79-Down, something to do in the yard |
| 47% | INNOVATE | 8 | To introduce changes in the way something is done |
| 46% | HAVE | 4 | "I ___ something to confess ..." |
| 45% | SIN | 3 | Thing to confess in confession |
| 45% | SIN | 3 | Wrongdoing to confess in confession |
| 45% | TOPHAT | 6 | Something worn by the answer to each starred clue, as represented graphically in this puzzle's grid |
| 45% | CREED | 5 | Something to believe in |
| 45% | ISM | 3 | Something to believe in |
| 45% | DOGMA | 5 | Something to believe in |