| 100% | LIFE | 4 | "Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious ___?": Mary Oliver |
| 34% | YAWN | 4 | Observing one is said to be contagious ... and you might do it seconds after filling in this answer |
| 34% | FOLLOW | 6 | With 32 Across, do as you're told ... and what you must do while solving the answers to the starred clues? |
| 33% | TEXAS | 5 | U.S. state where one can be legally married by agreeing to it, living together, and telling others you are married |
| 32% | DOFF | 4 | What you do with your hat to show respect |
| 32% | LOVE | 4 | "What's ___ Got to Do with It," 1984 song by Tina Turner that was number one on Billboard Hot 100 |
| 32% | OURS | 4 | What things belonging to you and me are |
| 32% | PROTIP | 6 | "Let me tell you, this is how to do it" |
| 31% | ZOO | 3 | It's time to explore the beautiful place you're in, what are you visiting? Schedule your day! (1/3) Place to see lions and pandas |
| 31% | ALIE | 4 | What you tell your folks to make it to a show |
| 31% | BLOW | 4 | What you do to a balloon to fill it with air |
| 31% | EDIT | 4 | What you do to a picture with filters before posting it |
| 31% | SEE | 3 | "That's what I was trying to tell you!" |
| 31% | NAGNAGNAG | 9 | "You always tell me what to do!" |
| 31% | WALKTHEBEET | 11 | What you have to do twice a day with your pet Beta vulgaris, maybe? |
| 31% | NOFEAR | 6 | “I’ll tell you what freedom is to me: ___”: Nina Simone |
| 30% | DELETE | 6 | Rhyme of 49-Down, and what you might do to one |
| 30% | ITSAFREECOUNTRY | 15 | "You can't tell me what to do!" |
| 30% | BOSS | 4 | "You're the ___" ("Just tell me what to do") |
| 30% | USEAN | 5 | With 60-Across, disguise one's identity ... and what the answers to starred clues subtly do? |
| 30% | UNFRIENDS | 9 | Cuts social media ties with, and what one does to complete the theme answers |
| 29% | ISIS | 4 | Dylan song with the line "What drives me to you is what drives me insane" |
| 29% | THEARCTICCIRCLE | 15 | It's round (like the dots you need to connect) and associated with Santa (like what you'll create when you do) |
| 29% | STAINEDINSTEAD | 14 | What was done to the back deck this time after the fiasco a few years ago with the paint and the raccoon? |
| 29% | SEE | 3 | With 46-Across, be angry ... or what you can do inside the answers to the six starred clues |
| 29% | TRANSFER | 8 | With 119 Across, one changing schools ... and what you must do between seven pairs of schools in this puzzle |
| 29% | HOLDTHATTHOUGHT | 15 | "Remember what you were about to say," and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 29% | TINA | 4 | ___ Turner, singer whose performance of "What's Love Got to Do With It" on SNL is considered one of the best on the show |
| 28% | ATE | 3 | You shouldn't be surprised that it could be up to a year since your pet anaconda last did this |
| 28% | INVEST | 6 | What to do with stocks and bonds |