| 100% | SHOULDI | 7 | "What ___ do?" ("What's the best course of action?"): 2 wds. |
| 57% | FLAREOUT | 8 | What the bottoms of many wedding gowns do: 2 wds. |
| 57% | PLANON | 6 | "What do you ___ doing?" (course of action): 2 wds. |
| 53% | ISA | 3 | "If Life ___ Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" (Erma Bombeck book): 2 wds. |
| 53% | PLANA | 5 | Preferred course of action: 2 wds. |
| 53% | PLANB | 5 | Secondary course of action: 2 wds. |
| 53% | REARTIRE | 8 | What's on the back wheel of a bike: 2 wds. |
| 52% | UPTO | 4 | "He's ___ no good" (in the midst of tomfoolery): 2 wds. |
| 51% | OUTAT | 5 | "What were you doing ___ that time of the night?": 2 wds. |
| 51% | ISA | 3 | Erma Bombeck's "If Life ___ Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | EASYA | 5 | College course that's simple to do well in: 2 wds. |
| 51% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 50% | TINATURNER | 10 | "What's Love Got to Do With It" singer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 50% | SHERYLCROW | 10 | "All I Wanna Do" singer who won the Best New Artist and Record of the Year Grammys in 1995: 2 wds. |
| 50% | IWOULD | 6 | "That's my recommended course of action, yes" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | PLANB | 5 | Alternate course of action (2 wds.) |
| 50% | LOWROAD | 7 | Unscrupulous course of action (2 wds.) |
| 50% | PLANA | 5 | Primary course of action (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ASKAFTER | 8 | Inquire about the well-being of: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ALOT | 4 | "___ of good that would do": 2 wds. |
| 49% | ALOT | 4 | "___ of good that would do!": 2 wds. |
| 48% | ALOT | 4 | "___ of good that would do me!": 2 wds. |
| 48% | IWOULDNT | 8 | "Rethink that course of action" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | FINALPLAN | 9 | A completed course of action to be put into motion: 2 wds. |
| 48% | RAINMAN | 7 | Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1988: 2 wds. |
| 48% | PLANSFOR | 8 | Is ready with an alternate course of action (2 wds.) |
| 48% | MEGHANTRAINOR | 13 | Winner of the 2016 Best New Artist Grammy: 2 wds. |
| 48% | REBECCAYARROS | 13 | Best-selling author of the "Empyrean" "romantasy" series: 2 wds. |
| 48% | GIJOE | 5 | "___: The Rise of Cobra" (2009 action film): 2 wds. |
| 48% | BABYDRIVER | 10 | 2017 action film in which 15-Across plays the girlfriend of Ansel Elgort's character: 2 wds. |