| 100% | SOWSEAR | 7 | What you can't make a silk purse out of, proverbially |
| 79% | SOWSEAR | 7 | You can't make a silk purse out of it, they say |
| 57% | SILKPURSE | 9 | You can't make a __ out of a sow's ear |
| 55% | TRANSMUTE | 9 | Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, e.g.? |
| 49% | MOLEHILL | 8 | You can make a mountain out of one |
| 49% | LOG | 3 | What you would make a raft out of |
| 48% | ASTONE | 6 | What you can't get blood out of |
| 46% | BLANKET | 7 | Bed covering you can make a "fort" out of |
| 44% | TNT | 3 | What can make molehills out of a mountain? |
| 43% | SEAAIR | 6 | What you can't help breathing in when you're forced to stay in Nassau for a couple of months |
| 42% | FIRE | 4 | What you can start with a book of matches |
| 42% | CLOTH | 5 | You could make a habit of it |
| 41% | BONEMARROW | 10 | You can often make a medical donation of this as an outpatient |
| 41% | YEAST | 5 | You can get a rise out of it |
| 41% | TNT | 3 | You can get a charge out of it |
| 41% | VISA | 4 | You can get a charge out of it |
| 41% | TNT | 3 | You can get a bang out of it |
| 41% | ALE | 3 | What you might drink out of a stein |
| 41% | ILL | 3 | "___ Make a Man Out of You" ("Mulan" song) |
| 40% | GENES | 5 | A lot of what makes you you |
| 40% | HANKY | 5 | What you can make dance by putting a little boogie in it, in an old joke |
| 39% | ILL | 3 | "___ Make a Man Out of You" (song from Disney's "Mulan") |
| 39% | ONE | 3 | Being this, out of a million, makes you really special |
| 39% | YOGA | 4 | What could make you take a deep breath |
| 39% | SPINNINGTOPS | 12 | You can make them take turns, and a description of the circled letters |
| 39% | MATERIALS | 9 | Substances out of which a thing can be made or built |
| 38% | STUB | 4 | What could be left when you rip out a check |
| 38% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 38% | HURT | 4 | What you can't do to a fool, according to a Pretenders song? |
| 38% | MULAN | 5 | Disney film with the song "I'll Make a Man Out of You" |