| 100% | TENON | 5 | Used with a mortise to form a joint |
| 54% | PESTLE | 6 | Used with a mortar to make pastes |
| 51% | NABORS | 6 | Houston's ___ Industries that signed a contract with Saudi Aramco in 2016 to form SANAD, a joint venture |
| 50% | WINDSURF | 8 | Use a board with a sail to do this |
| 50% | PEKOE | 5 | Variety to use with a 48-Down |
| 49% | CAKE | 4 | Madeira ___, ingredient used to form a classic trifle |
| 49% | BIO | 3 | Prefix used with "data" to mean a resume |
| 48% | META | 4 | Prefix with physics to form a branch of abstract philosophy |
| 48% | EVER | 4 | Word used with "more" to make a Taylor Swift album |
| 48% | ETCH | 4 | To engrave with a technique that uses acid |
| 47% | ENTER | 5 | Key used to submit a form |
| 47% | PEN | 3 | Something to sign a form with |
| 47% | LACROSSE | 8 | Team sport using a stick with a net to catch balls |
| 47% | PRY | 3 | With 4-Down, use a crowbar to remove, say |
| 46% | SICKLE | 6 | A tool with a curved blade used to reap crops |
| 46% | ACU | 3 | Prefix with "pressure" to mean a form of alternative medicine |
| 46% | ACU | 3 | Prefix with "puncture" to mean a form of traditional Chinese medicine |
| 46% | TARN | 4 | A mountain lake formed due to rainfall that rhymes with "barn" |
| 46% | HAHA | 4 | Ditch with a retaining wall used to divide land |
| 46% | TAPE | 4 | Strip with a sticky side used to pack items |
| 46% | CRANBERRY | 9 | Fruit used to make a sauce popular with turkey |
| 46% | PICKAXE | 7 | Tool with a pointed end, used to break stone |
| 46% | SPATULA | 7 | Implement with a flat blade, used to flip burgers |
| 45% | INSIDEBASEBALL | 14 | Sports metaphor used to describe esoteric knowledge ... with a hint to the circled letters |
| 45% | NEE | 3 | Used with the name of a married woman to identify former family |
| 45% | MOLD | 4 | It's used to form Jell-O into a shape |
| 45% | MOCK | 4 | Word used with 13a to mean a simulation of it |
| 45% | TELEPHONE | 9 | Device with keys that is used to call a friend |
| 45% | BUST | 4 | Word used with 6d to refer to a selected player who does not meet expectations |
| 45% | CANDYSTRIPE | 11 | Pattern once used for hospital volunteer uniforms, with a hint to this puzzle's theme |