| 100% | BALANCE | 7 | To walk the beam, you need this |
| 66% | TOOLSOFTHETRADE | 15 | You need these to do the job |
| 56% | BOARD | 5 | You'll need a famous one of these to figure out the contest |
| 54% | LAP | 3 | You need to sit down for this |
| 51% | SINUS | 5 | You need this like you need a hole in the head |
| 50% | LOVE | 4 | All you need, to the Beatles |
| 50% | FISHORCUTBAIT | 13 | Line to the indecisive, and what you'll need to add in order to complete some lines in this puzzle |
| 50% | OATHOFOFFICE | 12 | You need to raise your hand to receive this |
| 50% | HIRE | 4 | You need to do this in order to fire |
| 49% | ZEST | 4 | You need only scrape the surface to get it |
| 49% | LOVE | 4 | All you need, according to the Beatles |
| 49% | LOVE | 4 | "All you need," according to the Beatles |
| 48% | OIL | 3 | The tin man needed this to speak to Dorothy |
| 48% | MENDERLINES | 11 | "When do you need this patched up?," "Do you have the missing button?," etc.? |
| 47% | ANE | 3 | Letter you need to complete the word "WHAL_": 2 wds. |
| 47% | BID | 3 | You might need a paddle to do this |
| 47% | SKI | 3 | You might need a lift to do this |
| 47% | LEASH | 5 | Need for a walk to the dog park |
| 47% | MAKEA | 5 | With 69- and 70-Across, get to the point . . . or what you’ll need to do with some of the answers in this puzzle? |
| 47% | FELLS | 5 | While hill walking is a common outdoor activity in England, in the Lake District, you're more likely to be walking one of these |
| 47% | POD | 3 | What you need to split open to get the beans out |
| 47% | EGG | 3 | To use this you'll need to get cracking |
| 47% | GPS | 3 | You may need it to get to the DMV |
| 46% | ABYSS | 5 | You'll never get to the bottom of this |
| 46% | ARE | 3 | You will often appear to the left of this |
| 46% | CUE | 3 | You might need this to go on |
| 46% | KEY | 3 | "Do you have the ___ to this locker?" |
| 46% | FLIP | 4 | Action you need to take to understand this puzzle's starred clues |
| 46% | #SIGNS | 6 | You'll need six of them to finish this puzzle |
| 46% | SANDALS | 7 | You'll need a pedicure to wear these summer shoes |