100% | STIRRUP | 7 | Three bones of the ear are hammer, anvil and this |
51% | HAMMER | 6 | Stirrup, anvil and __ are three ear bones |
49% | EAR | 3 | Where the hammer, anvil, and stirrup bones are located |
48% | INCUS | 5 | Central of the three small bones in the middle ear, also called the anvil |
48% | INCUS | 5 | Central of the three small bones in the middle ear also called the anvil |
46% | EAR | 3 | Where the tiny hammer, anvil, and stirrup bones are in the human body |
46% | STRIKES | 7 | Three of these and the batter is out |
43% | STIRRUP | 7 | One of the three small ear bones |
42% | ANAGRAMS | 8 | What the three possible answers to each of 26-, 36- and 44-Across are, leading to 27 possible solutions to this puzzle |
42% | MALLEUS | 7 | Hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear |
42% | ETAL | 4 | The AMA uses this abbr. with no period and if there are more than six authors, but only lists three of them in any case |
41% | ORGAN | 5 | The heart and liver are both examples of this |
41% | ANTELOPE | 8 | The impala and nyala are this kind of animal |
41% | MIDDLE | 6 | The second child of three is in this position |
41% | JOHNOFARRELL | 12 | Author of the novels This Is Your Life and May Contain Nuts |
40% | SOLAR | 5 | The sun and planets are a part of this system |
40% | MAMA | 4 | Owner of the bed that was too soft in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" |
40% | IJUSTMETYOU | 11 | "Hey, ___, and this is crazy ..." (start of the chorus in 40-Across): 4 wds. |
39% | ELMO | 4 | This saint is the patron of sailors — and also of abdominal pain |
39% | OSSICLE | 7 | One of three tiny bones located in the middle ear |
39% | SPARKS | 6 | Ron and Russ Mael are the performers of this band |
39% | CATS | 4 | The Sphynx breed of these are unlikely to generate soft and furry feelings |
39% | STAPES | 6 | Bone of the middle ear |
39% | STIRRUP | 7 | Bone of the middle ear |
39% | ATOMICPILE | 10 | The first one of these was built by Fermi and his team in 1942 |
38% | KIDS | 4 | With 70- and 71-Across, what the middle of this puzzle is |
38% | AGENCIES | 8 | HMRC and the CIA are examples of these |
37% | OSSICLES | 8 | Term for the hammer, anvil and stirrup in the ear |
37% | ECLIPSE | 7 | This was Total and of the Heart, for Bonnie Tyler |
37% | HAMMER | 6 | Bone of the middle ear, also called malleus |