| 100% | SALADS | 6 | What "chicken" and "egg" are examples of |
| 67% | KERATIN | 7 | What hair and nails are made of |
| 67% | LAVA | 4 | What aa and pahoehoe are varieties of |
| 67% | GAS | 3 | What Jupiter and Saturn are made of |
| 67% | FAM | 3 | What sibs and 'rents are part of |
| 67% | BPOE | 4 | What DDE and JFK were members of |
| 63% | WATERWAYS | 9 | Rivers and canals are examples of these |
| 63% | ACRONYM | 7 | Sonar and laser are examples of this |
| 63% | MONSTERS | 8 | Krakens and minotaurs are examples of these |
| 62% | PARADOX | 7 | What 3- and 9-Down are an example of |
| 62% | PLANT | 5 | Flower and tree are examples of this lifeform |
| 62% | CARDGAMES | 9 | Uno, Snap and Pit are examples of __ |
| 60% | BIGTENCONFERENCE | 16 | What Minnesota and Michigan are part of, but not Missouri |
| 60% | CHOCOLATE | 9 | What Easter eggs are made of |
| 59% | DESERT | 6 | Sonoran, Namib, and Gobi are examples of one |
| 59% | HOTELS | 6 | Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott are examples of these |
| 59% | ISLAND | 6 | Borneo, Tahiti, and Crete are examples of one |
| 58% | MEDIADARLING | 12 | "What are oils and watercolors examples of, dear?" "___" |
| 58% | DRY | 3 | What the cities of Blanding and Highland, Utah are |
| 58% | MYTH | 4 | What the tale of Jason and the Argonauts is |
| 57% | STATE | 5 | What "taxes," "wonkery" and "I mean" are each anagrams of |
| 57% | MOTOR | 5 | Motel is a portmanteau of hotel and what? |
| 56% | CATS | 4 | What Grizabella and Skimbleshanks are, according to the title of a Broadway musical |
| 56% | PERMUTATIONS | 12 | What 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across are of each other |
| 56% | DIRECTORSSHOUT | 14 | What the ends of 20-, 35- and 42-Across are, collectively |
| 56% | FAIRYTALE | 9 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 35- and 50-Across are |
| 56% | THINGSDRAWN | 11 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 52-Across are |
| 56% | URBANDECAY | 10 | What dilapidated buildings and rampant graffiti may be a sign of |
| 56% | INFLATION | 9 | Economical rise and fall of what money is worth |
| 56% | MIDDLESCHOOL | 12 | Junior high ... and what each set of circles is? |