| 100% | FLAMES | 6 | They make the flares and flickers of a fire |
| 50% | FOURWAYSTOPS | 12 | They can make you take turns, and a description of the circled letters |
| 46% | SPINNINGTOPS | 12 | You can make them take turns, and a description of the circled letters |
| 45% | EMBER | 5 | End of a fire ... and also the end of two cold months? |
| 43% | POTTERY | 7 | Making clay items in a wheel and firing them |
| 42% | DEC | 3 | Roman month when they made a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn, for short |
| 41% | PIGOUT | 6 | Ingurgitate, and a hint to making sense of the starred clues |
| 41% | SALTS | 5 | There are a lot of ___ in the seas making them saline |
| 41% | WOOD | 4 | Step 1 of making a birdhouse: Cut ___ panels and fix the walls |
| 41% | RAINOUT | 7 | Ballpark bummer, and a hint to making sense of the starred answers |
| 40% | NINTENDO | 8 | They make the Switch and Gameboy |
| 40% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 40% | TOYOTA | 6 | They make the Camry, Prius and Corolla |
| 40% | TAXRETURNS | 10 | They're filed this time of year, and a hint to portions of the starred answers |
| 40% | POSTITNOTES | 11 | Sticky yellow squares ... or a description of the circled letters and what they follow? |
| 40% | GOODPOINT | 9 | "Your argument makes sense," and a feature of the ends of four Across answers |
| 40% | GANYMEDE | 8 | Youth in Greek mythology abducted by Zeus and made a cupbearer of the gods |
| 39% | KITCHEN | 7 | "Heart of the home," where flames dance and ingredients collide to make a sumptuous meal! |
| 39% | CAMPUS | 6 | The grounds and buildings of a college |
| 39% | BACKROOM | 8 | Where shady deals may be made, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 39% | CONNECTSTHEDOTS | 15 | Makes sense of a situation ... and, literally, what the quartet of answers to starred clues does |
| 39% | RINGSIDE | 8 | Choice seating at a boxing match, and a hint to making sense of the peripheral answers |
| 38% | BUTTONNOSE | 10 | "With a corncob pipe and a ___, and two eyes made out of coal" ("Frosty the Snowman" lyric) |
| 38% | TEXTURE | 7 | The feel and look of a patterned surface |
| 38% | RED | 3 | With 3-Down and 4-Across, the human body makes around 200 billion of them per day |
| 38% | UMPIRES | 7 | They make a lot of calls |
| 38% | MEWED | 5 | Made the sound of a kitten |
| 38% | MOOED | 5 | Made the sound of a cow |
| 38% | BRAYED | 6 | Made the sound of a donkey |
| 38% | CAWED | 5 | Made the sound of a crow |