| 100% | OUTAT | 5 | "What were you doing ___ that time of the night?": 2 wds. |
| 55% | SUEME | 5 | "What are you going to do, make a federal case out of it?": 2 wds. |
| 50% | TOOSOON | 7 | "It's ___ to say what will happen" (before the proper time): 2 wds. |
| 50% | TVSET | 5 | Appliance in front of the couch that you watch shows on: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ISA | 3 | "If Life ___ Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" (Erma Bombeck book): 2 wds. |
| 49% | SLAYINGSLOW | 11 | What Buffy might be doing at the end of a long, hard night? |
| 48% | TOMWOLFE | 8 | Author of the 1979 book about space flight that 34-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 48% | AGE | 3 | What you would do to improve the taste and flavor of wine over time |
| 48% | HUMANCLONES | 11 | What all of the identical characters on 18-Across are: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BADMOVE | 7 | "I wouldn't do that if I were you" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | EAR | 3 | Part of the body that becomes what it does if you put an H in front of it |
| 47% | HARRYSTYLES | 11 | Member of the boy band One Direction who is known for his single "Sign of the Times": 2 wds. |
| 47% | MAKEASCENE | 10 | Be disruptive, or what you can do with the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 46% | GREENGABLES | 11 | Name of the Cuthbert farmstead in Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic novel that 18-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SOW | 3 | "You reap what you ___," fall-related idiom that means one will face the consequences of their actions |
| 46% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 46% | UPTO | 4 | "So what are you ___ these days?": 2 wds. |
| 46% | UPTO | 4 | "So, what are you ___ these days?": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ALLI | 4 | "___ Want For Christmas is You," song by Mariah Carey that topped the charts after 25 years of its release: 2 wds. |
| 45% | COCOCHANEL | 10 | French fashion designer and namesake of the brand that was founded in 1909 and is known for its perfume No. 5: 2 wds. |
| 45% | HEARINGDOGS | 11 | Certain assistance animals ... or what you might be doing when you say the pairs of shaded words out loud? |
| 45% | PENNY | 5 | "A ___ saved is worth two in the bush," example of 50a that encourages being content with what you have |
| 44% | REDSOX | 6 | Boston ___, MLB team and member of the AL East division that is one of the teams with the most World Series titles: 2 wds. |
| 44% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Considered one of the best in golf, he was central figure in a controversy that involved infidelity and ended in his divorce: 2 wds. |
| 44% | STAYINALIVE | 11 | Disco hit by the Bee Gees that was a part of the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ORI | 3 | "Either you do it ___ will!": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ORI | 3 | "Either you do it, ___ will!": 2 wds. |
| 44% | MANDYMOORE | 10 | Singer of the hit 2000 single "I Wanna Be With You", who also voiced the role of Rapunzel in the animated film "Tangled": 2 wds. |
| 44% | AMAP | 4 | "You will find ___ of the world in an Atlas": 2 wds. |
| 44% | IMPAIR | 6 | What being over the legal limit might do to you |