| 100% | ACID | 4 | What lemon and vinegar add to a dish |
| 70% | SPICE | 5 | What chili and ginger add to a dish |
| 62% | ACID | 4 | What lemon adds to a dish, in food lingo |
| 62% | FAT | 3 | What olive oil and butter add to a dish |
| 59% | SALT | 4 | What cheese and soy sauce add to a dish |
| 56% | ACID | 4 | What vinegar or lemon juice adds to a dressing |
| 54% | HEAT | 4 | What chilis add to a dish |
| 48% | SEASON | 6 | Add herbs and spices to a dish |
| 42% | SEASON | 6 | Add spice to a dish |
| 42% | ACID | 4 | What wine or citrus adds to a sauce |
| 42% | INPUT | 5 | What you add to a conversation |
| 40% | YRS | 3 | What mos. and mos. add up to |
| 40% | SATELLITE | 9 | What a DirecTV dish links to |
| 40% | TAX | 3 | Amount added to what's on a price tag |
| 39% | TOP | 3 | Add chocolate sauce and a cherry to, say |
| 39% | DRESS | 5 | Add oil and vinegar to, say |
| 39% | AIR | 3 | What's added to a tire that's a little flat |
| 39% | TRAY | 4 | What a server uses to carry drinks and food |
| 39% | HAIR | 4 | What a cosmetology student learns to cut and color |
| 38% | SLICES | 6 | Cut of lemons added to a cuppa |
| 38% | CHEW | 4 | What a puppy likes to do to toys and socks |
| 38% | STOKE | 5 | Stir and add fuel to, as a fire |
| 38% | SEVEN | 5 | What two opposite faces on a standard die add up to |
| 37% | DROPTHEBEAT | 11 | Demand to a DJ, and what you must do when entering the starred answers |
| 37% | ALFREDO | 7 | What would you call a fettuccine dish made with parmesan and butter? |
| 37% | CHANGEOFSEASONS | 15 | What happens tomorrow ... and a hint to this grid's circled letters |
| 37% | MORALHIGHGROUND | 15 | What the righteous may claim, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 37% | DRUNKENNOODLES | 14 | Stir-fried dish ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| 37% | WORKOUTINTHEEND | 15 | Come to a satisfying conclusion, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 36% | EDITIN | 6 | Add to a draft |