| 100% | MORTAR | 6 | This tool is commonly accompanied by a pestle |
| 41% | ODE | 3 | It was often accompanied by a lyre in ancient Greece |
| 39% | ONE | 3 | A number divided by itself is always this |
| 39% | PEOPLE | 6 | Magazine whose crossword is always accompanied by a photograph |
| 39% | NOTTAKEN | 8 | This Road is a 1916 poem by Robert Frost |
| 38% | SOPRANOS | 8 | This TV family was led by Tony, a mob boss |
| 38% | ANGLES | 6 | These are formed by two lines coming to a point |
| 37% | RAISE | 5 | What a promotion is typically accompanied by |
| 37% | SITAR | 5 | Instrument that might be accompanied by a tabla |
| 37% | TEEHEE | 6 | Giggle that might be accompanied by a wink |
| 37% | HULA | 4 | Dance that may be accompanied by a ukulele |
| 37% | YOUGETTHEIDEA | 13 | Words that may be accompanied by a wave |
| 37% | LESSON | 6 | This is given by a teacher in class |
| 37% | CHILDCARE | 9 | This is provided by a nursery or preschool |
| 37% | BIGSHOESTOFILL | 14 | High standards established by a predecessor … or what you are presented with in this puzzle? |
| 36% | NONET | 5 | A chamber work by Louis Spohr was the first to bear this title |
| 36% | TORTOISE | 8 | In Aesop's tale a hare was outpaced by this animal |
| 36% | ALOHA | 5 | Greeting that may be accompanied by a 36-Across |
| 36% | NICE | 4 | Utterance that may be accompanied by a fist pump |
| 36% | SEND | 4 | Command that may be accompanied by a "whoosh" sound |
| 36% | ASLEEP | 6 | State of a napping person that is portrayed by this emoticon (~_~)zZZ |
| 35% | LAO | 3 | Larb, a meat salad, is the "unofficial" national dish enjoyed by this nationality |
| 35% | PROTEIN | 7 | Kwashiorkor is caused by a lack of this nutrient |
| 35% | AHME | 4 | Words accompanied by a sigh |
| 35% | LUAU | 4 | Meal accompanied by a hula |
| 35% | PSALM | 5 | Song accompanied by a harp |
| 35% | SITAR | 5 | Instrument accompanied by a tabla |
| 35% | ALOHA | 5 | Greeting accompanied by a lei |
| 35% | AIRKISS | 7 | Action accompanied by a "Mwah!" |
| 35% | HULA | 4 | Dance accompanied by a mele |