| 100% | GUMARABIC | 9 | Substance exuded by various acacia trees used in the manufacture of adhesives |
| 45% | LAC | 3 | Resinous substance secreted by certain insects used in the manufacture of shellac |
| 43% | AMBERGRIS | 9 | Waxy substance used in perfume manufacture secreted by the intestinal tract of the sperm whale |
| 39% | GUT | 3 | Fibrous substance extracted from silkworms used in the manufacture of fishing tackle |
| 39% | PCBS | 4 | Chemicals used in the manufacture of plastics: Abbr. |
| 39% | ORE | 3 | Iron ___ (material used in the manufacture of steel) |
| 39% | ORE | 3 | Iron ___ (rock used in the manufacture of steel) |
| 39% | STYRENE | 7 | Flammable liquid hydrocarbon used in the manufacture of plastic |
| 37% | CURD | 4 | Substance used in cheese-making formed from the coagulation of milk by acid or rennet |
| 37% | SHELLAC | 7 | Yellowish resin secreted by the lac insect used in the manufacture of gramophone records |
| 37% | CALABASH | 8 | Tropical American evergreen tree whose gourds are used in the manufacture of tobacco pipe bowls |
| 33% | CHIP | 4 | Tiny wafer of semiconductor material used in the manufacture of electronic equipment |
| 32% | ODETOJOY | 8 | Friedrich Schiller poem used in the final movement of Symphony No 9 in D minor by Ludwig van Beethoven |
| 31% | SUCK | 4 | Draw in liquid in your mouth by the use of muscles |
| 31% | MRMOJORISIN | 11 | Phrase used in the song "L.A. Woman," by Jim Morrison which is an anagram of his name: 3 wds. |
| 31% | DRAGONSBLOOD | 12 | Red resinous substance obtained from the fruit or stem of various trees |
| 30% | ANTLERS | 7 | “I use ___ in all of my decorating” (lyric sung by Gaston, in “Beauty and the Beast”) |
| 30% | RESIN | 5 | Sticky substance exuded by pine trees |
| 30% | BALATAS | 7 | Tropical trees used in golf ball manufacture |
| 29% | MIDST | 5 | In the ___ of (surrounded by) |
| 29% | SPITFIRE | 8 | British aircraft designed by Reginald Mitchell used in the Battle of Britain |
| 29% | ENTS | 4 | Tree giants in The Lord of the Rings |
| 29% | THRALL | 6 | In the __ of: totally absorbed by |
| 29% | RENNET | 6 | Substance prepared from the stomachs of calves used in making cheese and junket |
| 29% | EPEE | 4 | Sword used in the sport of fencing |
| 29% | WAX | 3 | Material used in the wings of Icarus |
| 29% | EPEE | 4 | Weapon used in the sport of fencing |
| 28% | SEINE | 5 | River used in the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics |
| 28% | IODINE | 6 | Element used in the production of thyroid hormones |
| 28% | NMI | 3 | Letters used in the absence of a letter |