| 100% | TONGS | 5 | Use these to pinch and flip meat on a grill |
| 41% | FILTER | 6 | Use this on Instagram to change a photo's look |
| 38% | NUMLOCK | 7 | Click this to turn a keypad with 0 to 9 on and off |
| 38% | WRITE | 5 | Mesopotamians used clay and a wedge to do this |
| 38% | SKEWER | 6 | Thin stick used to pierce meat, stack and grill it |
| 37% | PAYPHONES | 9 | There used to be a lot more of these on corners |
| 37% | SHUFFLEBOARD | 12 | Game played on a floor or table, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 37% | RANT | 4 | *Go on a tirade ... or a word used with 25d to mean shout and complain angrily |
| 36% | TOTHEMOON | 9 | Ralph Kramden catchphrase on old TV ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 36% | CHARACTERLIMITS | 15 | Restrictions on some social media posts, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 36% | STOP | 4 | Word on a red sign, and, when parsed in three parts, a hint to this puzzle's longest answers |
| 36% | COASTER | 7 | Use this to avoid water rings on tables |
| 36% | REDACTED | 8 | Used a black marker on ... or a hint to three chunks of black squares in this puzzle |
| 36% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Maya Angelou poem often read on Juneteenth ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 36% | ITSAZOOOUTTHERE | 15 | Comment about heavy traffic ... and a hint to the entries on this puzzle's border |
| 36% | LIVINGONTHEEDGE | 15 | Taking lots of risks ... and a hint to the entries on this puzzle's border |
| 35% | ADAPTOR | 7 | Use this to alter, change for a new use |
| 35% | SSS | 3 | Sound of meat on a hot grill |
| 35% | GEARSHIFT | 9 | Auto part, and a clue to what's going on in five rows of this puzzle |
| 35% | HAMBURGER | 9 | Grilled meat on a bun |
| 35% | CALENDAR | 8 | Use this to never forget a birthday or a holiday |
| 35% | FLAREGUN | 8 | Use this to shoot a distress signal in the air |
| 35% | MIXEDMEDIA | 10 | Artwork using both paint and collage, e.g. ... and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 35% | LITTLEHELPHERE | 14 | "I could use some assistance" ... and a hint to the contents of three squares in this puzzle |
| 34% | HAIRBRUSH | 9 | Use this to style locks, but it's not a comb |
| 34% | MAGNET | 6 | Use this to hang papers, menus on fridges |
| 34% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 34% | TBIRD | 5 | Classic car ... and a hint to the hidden image you can draw using 21 identical squares in this grid |
| 34% | FRISBEE | 7 | Keep your wrist firm and throw your attempt to guess this flying saucer used while playing with a dog |
| 33% | TELESCOPE | 9 | Galileo used this to see things in a whole new way |