| 100% | THETHINGIS | 10 | "Here's what you have to realize ..." |
| 74% | THETHINGIS | 10 | "What you have to realize ..." |
| 64% | ENROL | 5 | What you had to do in order to vote in last year's Australian general election |
| 62% | LOVELETTERS | 11 | What you have to do to be a crossword fan? |
| 61% | PIN | 3 | What you have to remember to use an A.T.M. |
| 61% | DIAL | 4 | What you had to physically do to make phone calls, decades ago |
| 61% | CUTOUTTHEMIDDLEMAN | 18 | What you have to do before entering seven answers in this puzzle? |
| 60% | IMALLEARS | 9 | "Let me hear what you have to say": 3 wds. |
| 59% | WALKTHEBEET | 11 | What you have to do twice a day with your pet Beta vulgaris, maybe? |
| 58% | CONVERTTOMETRIC | 15 | What you have to do to interpret the answers to 16-, 25- and 40-Across |
| 58% | ELECTIVES | 9 | What you don't have to take |
| 58% | LAP | 3 | What you can't stand to have |
| 57% | ACCESSCODE | 10 | What you may have to enter to enter |
| 56% | THISISSPINALTAPE | 16 | "Here's what you need to patch up that backbone"? |
| 56% | RAISELOADSOFASH | 15 | What you have to do if you want to make a serious bid for king of the forest? |
| 56% | LINE | 4 | What you often have to wait in at Disneyland |
| 56% | SHIPPING | 8 | What you pay for to have a package delivered |
| 56% | DROPMEALINE | 11 | "Don't be a stranger!" ... or what you have to do three times in this puzzle |
| 55% | THICKSKIN | 9 | What you need to have to avoid being easily hurt |
| 55% | PLURALS | 7 | What you get when you add an s to nouns |
| 55% | TIEATIE | 7 | What you don't have to do on casual Friday |
| 55% | UTTER | 5 | Give voice to what you have to say |
| 55% | IDEA | 4 | "You have no ___ what's involved here" |
| 55% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 55% | TOW | 3 | What you would do to a car that has broken down |
| 54% | ITUP | 4 | "I've had ___ to here with you!" |
| 54% | RESAW | 5 | What you may have to do if you don't measure twice |
| 54% | RESAW | 5 | What you never have to do if you measure twice before cutting |
| 54% | FAINT | 5 | What you're likely to do if you have a vasovagal syncope |
| 54% | LOGIN | 5 | What you usually have to do to look at your bank statement |