| 100% | LOOKATME | 8 | "Pay attention to what I'm doing!": 3 wds. |
| 65% | ALLEYESONME | 11 | "Pay close attention to what I'm doing," and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 61% | ONTASK | 6 | Paying attention to what needs to be done |
| 55% | CROSSTHETS | 10 | Pay attention to detail ... and, homophonically, what three pairs of puzzle answers do |
| 54% | IGNOREME | 8 | "Pay no attention to what I said" |
| 50% | WRAPITUP | 8 | "Time to finish what you're doing": 3 wds. |
| 48% | WHYME | 5 | "What did I do to deserve this?!?": 2 wds. |
| 48% | WHYME | 5 | "What did I do to deserve this?": 2 wds. |
| 48% | ICARE | 5 | "What do ___?" ("Doesn't matter to me!"): 2 wds. |
| 46% | AMI | 3 | "What ___ supposed to do?" ("I'm stuck..."): 2 wds. |
| 45% | SATUP | 5 | "___ and took notice" (suddenly pay attention to something): 2 wds. |
| 45% | PLAYTOWIN | 9 | What competitive athletes do: 3 wds. |
| 44% | TADA | 4 | "Look what I managed to do!": Hyph. |
| 44% | ATALOSS | 7 | Not know what to do (3 wds) |
| 43% | MINDMYPSANDQS | 13 | What I, the constructor, had to do while making this puzzle |
| 43% | HEREIGO | 7 | "Time for me to do this!": 3 wds. |
| 43% | TRIPLED | 7 | What 3 did to make it 9 |
| 42% | WHYME | 5 | "What did I do to deserve this?" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | WOEISME | 7 | "Oh, what am I to do?" |
| 42% | DEARME | 6 | "Oh, what am I to do?" |
| 42% | TELL | 4 | "Don't ___ me what to do!" |
| 42% | RAPT | 4 | "He paid ___ attention to what she was saying" (Rhymes with "trapped") |
| 42% | POPIT | 5 | What you might do to bubble wrap: 2 wds. |
| 42% | NOTAGAIN | 8 | "Why does this keep happening to me?!": 2 wds. |
| 42% | NAGNAGNAG | 9 | "You always tell me what to do!" |
| 41% | ITSAFREECOUNTRY | 15 | "You can't tell me what to do!" |
| 41% | MEOW | 4 | Cat's "Pay attention to me!" |
| 41% | VOTING | 6 | What we're all looking forward to doing on November 3 |
| 41% | WITS | 4 | "I'm at my ___ end!" ("I don't know what to do!") |
| 41% | GETUP | 5 | What boxers try to do after being knocked down: 2 wds. |