| 100% | ROCKETS | 7 | These are used to launch spacecraft |
| 61% | NET | 3 | This is used to catch fish or butterflies |
| 60% | TOWELS | 6 | These are used to dry a person after bathing |
| 60% | BLANKETS | 8 | These are used to cover the body during sleep |
| 60% | INDUCTIVE | 9 | This is used to find metal, an __ proximity sensor |
| 60% | HOTWATERBOTTLES | 15 | These are used to provide warmth, typically whilst in bed |
| 58% | ARROWS | 6 | Bows are used to fire these |
| 58% | SEIZURES | 8 | Anticonvulsants are used to control this |
| 55% | INJECTION | 9 | A syringe is used to give one of these |
| 55% | THOU | 4 | You used to be this |
| 55% | TRUFFLE | 7 | Pigs or dogs are used to find this earthy delicacy |
| 55% | PNEUMONIA | 9 | This illness used to be called winter fever |
| 54% | GRAPES | 6 | These fruits are used to make wine |
| 54% | COCKTAIL | 8 | This fork is used to consume seafood |
| 54% | PARCHMENT | 9 | Palimpsests used to be written on this |
| 53% | GREAT | 5 | Word whose letters are used to spell this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 52% | PURPLE | 6 | The most popular carrots used to be this color |
| 51% | PAYPHONES | 9 | There used to be a lot more of these on corners |
| 51% | BLUEBERRY | 9 | This fruit can be used to make sweet pies |
| 51% | AGAVE | 5 | This "blue" plant is used to make tequila |
| 50% | POTATO | 6 | This starchy tuber is used to make chips and salad |
| 49% | FOXGLOVE | 8 | This plant's chemicals are used to make digoxin |
| 48% | GOOSE | 5 | This animal's egg is used to express a low score |
| 47% | EGGS | 4 | These need to be broken to be used |
| 46% | DELTA | 5 | The Parker Solar Probe was launched last year using this type of rocket |
| 46% | SET | 3 | Venn diagrams are used by mathematicians to show relationships between this item and any number of like items |
| 46% | JUNIPER | 7 | This "berry" is often used to flavor gin |
| 45% | EAR | 3 | It is used to eavesdrop |
| 45% | WAS | 3 | Used to be |
| 45% | WERE | 4 | Used to be |