| 100% | ERASE | 5 | To remove writing, marking or traces of something |
| 56% | ELIMINATE | 9 | To get rid of or completely remove something |
| 48% | NARRATE | 7 | To give a spoken or written account of something, as with books |
| 46% | ERASE | 5 | Remove all traces of something |
| 45% | SCARRED | 7 | Marked with traces of old wounds or injuries |
| 45% | DETACH | 6 | Separate; to remove part of something |
| 44% | SMUDGE | 6 | To smear or mark something |
| 43% | CDROM | 5 | Something computers cannot write to or erase |
| 42% | DELE | 4 | Marking indicating something to be removed from the text |
| 42% | HAT | 3 | Something that is removed as a mark of respect |
| 42% | ODE | 3 | Verse written to honor someone or something |
| 41% | PASSAGE | 7 | Part of a book ... or something to book |
| 41% | OTTAVA | 6 | Score marking to play higher or lower than written |
| 41% | STIGMATIC | 9 | Relating to a mark of disgrace, or supernatural marks |
| 41% | PAD | 3 | Something to write on or crash in |
| 40% | ERASER | 6 | 1996 Schwarzenegger thriller or something to rub a pencil mark |
| 40% | USE | 3 | Application or way of putting something to purpose |
| 40% | ERASE | 5 | To rub out or remove writing |
| 40% | ETCH | 4 | To write something down, or a popular toy known as the ___-a-sketch |
| 39% | CANOE | 5 | Anagram of 2-Down, or something used to travel on it |
| 39% | CATHEXIS | 8 | Investment of libidinal energy on someone or something, to a Freudian |
| 39% | DESKS | 5 | Piece of furniture used to write or do other work on: Plural |
| 39% | ERADICATE | 9 | To get rid of or completely eliminate something |
| 38% | TAINT | 5 | Traces of something bad and harmful |
| 38% | METONYM | 7 | Example or attribute of something used to represent the whole, as "sword" for "military power" |
| 38% | DASHEDLINE | 10 | Indication of where to cut … or something written five times in this puzzle? |
| 38% | PROWL | 5 | Rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey or something to steal |
| 38% | REED | 4 | Type of pen one used to write on papyrus or to make cuneiform tablets |
| 37% | FINDCLOSURE | 11 | Accept and let go of something … or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 36% | BEFORE | 6 | Prior to or in front of something |