| 100% | VACUUM | 6 | Suck up dust and dirt from carpets with a machine |
| 42% | VACUUM | 6 | To suck the air and dirt from carpets or rugs |
| 39% | VACUUM | 6 | I suck up dust and debris with ease. I am the one-stop shop for your dusting needs. Who am I? |
| 35% | VACUUM | 6 | Type of cleaner that sucks up dirt from carpets |
| 33% | HAND | 4 | Body part with fingers ... and something one uses to brush off imaginary dust from their shoulder in a gesture of confidence |
| 32% | VACUUM | 6 | Machine that removes dust and dirt, __ cleaner |
| 32% | YOYO | 4 | Toy with a spool that has its ups and downs |
| 32% | ESPADRILLE | 10 | Light shoe with a canvas upper and braided cord sole |
| 32% | ROTOTILL | 8 | Break up soil with a machine |
| 31% | YOYO | 4 | Toy with a string, goes down and comes back up: Hyph. |
| 31% | YOYOING | 7 | Playing with a toy that goes up and down on string |
| 31% | AHH | 3 | "Open up and say ___" (instruction from a dentist) |
| 30% | DILUTE | 6 | Tied up with student from university and given water |
| 30% | AHH | 3 | "Open up and say ___" (instruction from a doctor, perhaps) |
| 30% | YOYO | 4 | A toy with a string that rolls up and down |
| 30% | DIG | 3 | Turn up dirt with a shovel |
| 29% | REMEMBERYOURROOTS | 17 | Tip from a math teacher about working with squares and cubes? |
| 29% | JOKE | 4 | Something with a set-up and punchline |
| 29% | ONES | 4 | He paid with a five-dollar bill and got 3 ___ back from his two-dollar purchase |
| 29% | JACK | 4 | With 29-Across and 30-Across, nursery rhyme siblings who went up a hill |
| 29% | LIV | 3 | Collaborator with Ingmar on Scenes From a Marriage and Face to Face |
| 29% | AESOP | 5 | A storyteller from ancient Greece, credited with writing 17-Across, 31-Across and 41-Across |
| 28% | AUTOMATE | 8 | Replace with a machine |
| 28% | LASERCUTS | 9 | Engraves with a machine |
| 28% | ANTEATER | 8 | Toothless termite hunter with a long nose and a tongue that can be up to 2-feet long |
| 28% | GEORGE | 6 | Curious ___, mischievous monkey with a knack for adventure from the book series by Margret and H.A. Rey |
| 28% | CLIPPING | 8 | Cutting hair with a machine |
| 28% | MOW | 3 | Trim grass with a machine |
| 28% | HEAL | 4 | One can ___ (recover) from wounds and stress by taking up meditation as a hobby |
| 28% | SPOUT | 5 | One arm held up with bent elbow and wrist, in a children's song |