| 100% | CAPSIZE | 7 | To turn a boat over in the water |
| 64% | CAPSIZED | 8 | Like a boat that's been turned over in the water |
| 49% | CURATE | 6 | To look over the items in a collection |
| 48% | RAMP | 4 | Aid for getting a boat in the water |
| 47% | ALEE | 4 | One way to turn a boat |
| 46% | DAM | 3 | Structure built over a river, to trap water, as the Hoover |
| 45% | PEA | 3 | "The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea in a beautiful ___-green boat ..." |
| 45% | TED | 3 | Williams who was the last major leaguer to bat over .400 in a season |
| 45% | TED | 3 | Williams who was the last MLB player to hit over .400 in a season |
| 44% | KEY | 3 | What you turn in the ignition switch to start a car |
| 43% | BUOYANCY | 8 | This causes a boat to float on water |
| 43% | OAR | 3 | Tool for propelling a boat through the water |
| 43% | WADE | 4 | Go in the water just a little way |
| 42% | IXION | 5 | Character in Greek mythology bound to a perpetually turning fiery wheel by Hermes on the orders of Zeus |
| 42% | UNLOCK | 6 | Turn a key in the front door |
| 42% | AMIDST | 6 | In the thick of, to a bard |
| 42% | CAPSIZES | 8 | Tips over in a boat |
| 42% | BACKTOBACK | 10 | How TV episodes are binge-watched ... or how to turn each word in the answers to the starred clues into a new phrase |
| 42% | ATOE | 4 | Put ___ in the water (try for a bit): 2 wds. |
| 42% | HOLY | 4 | Like the water in a baptism |
| 42% | WADES | 5 | Tests the waters, in a way |
| 41% | TAP | 3 | You turn it to dispense water in the kitchen |
| 41% | REMOVING | 8 | Bailer is a device for __ water in the boat |
| 41% | EVINRUDE | 8 | Dragonfly with a boat in The Rescuers |
| 41% | DAM | 3 | Block, as the water in a river |
| 41% | ABOIL | 5 | Like the water in a whistling teakettle |
| 41% | STARTS | 6 | Turns over, in a way |
| 41% | FURBISH | 7 | In the old days it meant to polish a weapon |
| 40% | BUD | 3 | Nip in the ___ (promptly put a stop to) |
| 40% | PUREE | 5 | Turn to mush in a blender |