100% | POLISH | 6 | To make a surface shiny and smooth |
50% | GLOSSY | 6 | Shiny and smooth, like a photo or magazine page |
47% | FUSSES | 6 | Makes a to-do about this and that |
47% | ETCH | 4 | Scratch a surface to make art |
46% | POLISH | 6 | Make smooth and shiny by rubbing |
45% | CREAM | 5 | ___ cheese, ingredient used to make mashed potatoes smooth and rich |
44% | REFINISH | 8 | Give a shiny new surface to |
44% | PRALINE | 7 | A smooth sweet filling, made of nuts and caramel |
44% | ABSORB | 6 | To take in and make part of a whole |
43% | ROCKTHEBOAT | 11 | Make waves, and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
43% | SANDPAPER | 9 | Grainy sheet for making surfaces smooth and flat |
42% | CHAPLIN | 7 | Who said "All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl" |
42% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
42% | SLEEK | 5 | Shiny and smooth |
42% | ADDUP | 5 | Make sense, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
42% | PRINTS | 6 | Works of art made by a raised surface and inking |
42% | SPEAKSUP | 8 | Makes oneself heard, and a hint to the circled letters |
41% | DISINFECT | 9 | Make a surface sterile |
41% | WISEOFF | 7 | Make smart remarks ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
41% | OPT | 3 | To make a choice |
41% | RUNSINCIRCLES | 13 | Makes no progress, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
41% | FLAT | 4 | Smooth and level, as a surface |
41% | GRAPE | 5 | Fruit used to make wine, and that may be used as flavoring for a purple popsicle |
41% | ENLARGE | 7 | To make a photo bigger |
41% | SHIFTGEARS | 10 | Make an abrupt change ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
40% | PAVE | 4 | Give a smooth surface to, as a street |
40% | LAMP | 4 | Magic ___, make a wish by rubbing this for a genie to appear and make it come true |
40% | FLOOR | 5 | Surface to moonwalk on ... or a hint to solve 15a, 36a, 48a, 8d, and 28d |
40% | DONATE | 6 | To make a contribution; to bestow |
40% | PROLONG | 7 | To make a thing last longer |