| 100% | FLAREGUN | 8 | Use this to shoot a distress signal in the air |
| 45% | SKEET | 5 | Sport in which a shotgun is used to shoot at clay targets thrown into the air |
| 43% | MTN | 3 | PepsiCo used these three letters in 2008 to rebrand the soft drink that now offers Pitch Black as a flavor |
| 43% | FLARE | 5 | Distress signal shot into the air |
| 42% | STAMP | 5 | Use one to send a letter anywhere in the world |
| 42% | TBIRD | 5 | Classic car ... and a hint to the hidden image you can draw using 21 identical squares in this grid |
| 41% | TELESCOPE | 9 | Galileo used this to see things in a whole new way |
| 41% | FLARE | 5 | Bright distress signal shot into the air |
| 41% | LITTLEHELPHERE | 14 | "I could use some assistance" ... and a hint to the contents of three squares in this puzzle |
| 40% | STICKEMUP | 9 | "Hands in the air!" ... or a literal hint to 17-, 23-, 37- and 46-Across |
| 39% | HOOKING | 7 | A right-handers shot curving to the left in golf |
| 38% | BUZZER | 6 | Press this signal to answer in a game show |
| 38% | RADIATOR | 8 | Item used to cool the engine in a car |
| 38% | SMOG | 4 | Fog that has combined with excessive smoke in the air, often leading to a lot of lung diseases |
| 38% | NAVIGATE | 8 | A lost sailor can use the stars to help them do this |
| 38% | FILTER | 6 | Device used to clean air or fuel in a car |
| 38% | SKI | 3 | In the movie "A View to a Kill", Bond did this once his snowmobile was blown up |
| 37% | FORUM | 5 | A funny thing happened on the way to this, in an old musical |
| 37% | CALCULATOR | 10 | Device used to read the eight visual clues in this puzzle |
| 37% | OMEGA | 5 | Greek letter used to denote the last entry in a series |
| 37% | TOE{LO}OP | 9 | Jump in which a figure skater uses the pick to launch |
| 37% | REJUVENATE | 10 | Give a shot in the arm to |
| 37% | MTEREBUS | 8 | Southernmost active volcano in the world ... or a cryptic hint to certain squares in this puzzle |
| 37% | CURLINGSTONES | 13 | Items guided by brooms in the Winter Olympics ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 37% | ERR | 3 | Use the answer to any of this puzzle's starred clues in ordinary conversation? |
| 37% | SWITCHBLADE | 11 | Street weapon ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 37% | SWIPELEFT | 9 | Reject online, and a hint to the circled boxes in this puzzle |
| 37% | PORE | 4 | Skin feature … and a clue to the circled square in this row |
| 37% | CLAY | 4 | Material used to make the object "illustrated" here, in a seasonal song |
| 37% | TEALEAVES | 9 | Read these in the bottom of a cup, to predict |