| 100% | HUSH | 4 | "Keep quiet!" or how you might respond to 5d |
| 60% | ICILY | 5 | How you might respond to an offensive remark |
| 52% | OUTOFSORTS | 10 | Irritable ... or how you might describe all the words in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 49% | INME | 4 | How I might want you to believe or trust |
| 46% | ONE | 3 | How you might be referred to |
| 46% | ONONEHAND | 9 | How you might count to five |
| 45% | CONCEAL | 7 | Keep from being seen, or what you'd do to 5d |
| 45% | SNIDE | 5 | Like a comment you might respond to with "Oh, snap!" |
| 44% | PROFESSOR | 9 | How you might refer to a teacher at a university |
| 43% | PTSD | 4 | Condition that may respond to CBT or LSD |
| 43% | OPENMIND | 8 | You might be asked to keep one |
| 43% | ANDY | 4 | Boy's name … or how you might describe 17-, 34-, 42- or 59-Across? |
| 43% | DRAFTS | 6 | Where you might want to keep that tweet about how “Euphoria” is overrated, if you don’t want to get ratioed |
| 42% | AVAST | 5 | How you might tell someone to stop on Talk Like a Pirate Day |
| 42% | EGGS | 4 | You may prefer to have them poached or scrambled |
| 42% | LIP | 3 | You may be told to "zip" or "button" it |
| 41% | JUSTONEMOWERTHING | 17 | How you might classify a blade, a gas tank cap or a starter handle? |
| 41% | TOSS | 4 | You might do it to a coin or a salad |
| 41% | VOICELESSON | 11 | You might take one to improve your range or tone |
| 41% | EAR | 3 | Organ that you may keep to the ground |
| 40% | VETSCHOOL | 9 | Where you might learn how to fix a woofer? |
| 40% | AMEN | 4 | How a congregation might respond to a pastor |
| 39% | SKIING | 6 | Sport you might head to Aspen or Breckenridge for |
| 39% | TIE | 3 | You might use the rabbit and the fox to remember how to wear it |
| 39% | NOTES | 5 | Phone app where you may keep lists of passwords or song ideas |
| 39% | PET | 3 | Furry friend, or what you might do to one |
| 39% | ARIGATO | 7 | Word to which you might respond, "Dou itashimasite" |
| 38% | MISTY | 5 | Piano bar standard, or how your eyes might get while listening to it |
| 38% | PETPAIL | 7 | What you might need to clean up after Fido or Kitty? |
| 38% | MAP | 3 | It might show you how to find buried treasure |