| 100% | FUSILLI | 7 | Type of pasta in a corkscrew shape from an Italian word meaning ‘little spindles’ |
| 36% | ATLAS | 5 | Word meaning "book of maps" that is derived from a Titan in Greek mythology |
| 36% | ECHO | 4 | Word meaning "rebound of sound" that is derived from a mountain nymph in Greek mythology |
| 32% | TUMBLER | 7 | Word that can mean a type of drinking glass or an acrobat |
| 32% | CARP | 4 | Type of fish, or a word meaning "complain" |
| 31% | SHERRY | 6 | Type of wine used as an ingredient in a classic trifle |
| 31% | STAN | 4 | Word meaning "superfan" that comes from the title of an Eminem song |
| 31% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 31% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "commotion" that's in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 30% | CHAOS | 5 | Word meaning "state of utter confusion" that is derived from a mythological void |
| 30% | BOLOGNA | 7 | A type of sausage named after an Italian city |
| 30% | WABE | 4 | Word in "Jabberwocky" that Lewis Carroll said meant "the side of a hill (from its being soaked by rain)" |
| 30% | LINGUINE | 8 | Type of pasta in thin ribbons |
| 29% | HYGGE | 5 | Word, originally from Danish, meaning an ambiance of coziness and contentment |
| 29% | MACARONI | 8 | Narrow tube pasta often in the shape of an elbow |
| 29% | ALA | 3 | Words on a menu which means "cooked in the style of": 2 wds. |
| 29% | DRE | 3 | Name that's an anagram of a word in 41-Down |
| 28% | ELL | 3 | Shape of a right angle and a word you'll find hidden in "Ellen" |
| 28% | DIAL | 4 | Word before "up" to mean a form of internet access used in the '90s |
| 28% | GOGO | 4 | Type of dancer in a disco |
| 28% | DISC | 4 | Type of jockey in a club |
| 28% | RYE | 3 | Type of whiskey in a Manhattan |
| 28% | VERMOUTH | 8 | Type of wine in a martini |
| 28% | AAA | 3 | Type of battery in a penlight |
| 28% | SIM | 3 | Type of card in a smartphone |
| 28% | RAO | 3 | Eponym of an Italian-restaurant franchise and a pasta-sauce brand |
| 28% | DOE | 3 | First word in a classic song from "The Sound of Music" |
| 28% | CANOE | 5 | Type of craft, dated from between 8040 BCE and 7510 BCE, discovered in 1955 during construction of a Dutch motorway |
| 28% | OFMARCOPOLO | 11 | "The Travels ___," travelogue of an Italian explorer penned from stories he recollected in a prison in Genoa: 3 wds. |
| 28% | LINGUINI | 8 | Long flat pasta, means little tongues in Italian |