| 100% | RULES | 5 | ___ and regulations (instructions and directives) |
| 55% | RULES | 5 | ___ and regulations |
| 54% | RULES | 5 | Regulations, laws or directives |
| 52% | LAWS | 4 | Rules and regulations |
| 52% | RULE | 4 | ___s and regulations |
| 45% | RECIPES | 7 | Instructions to prepare and cook a dish |
| 44% | RULEBOOK | 8 | Documents containing regulations and laws |
| 44% | OBEY | 4 | Follow the rules and instructions |
| 44% | RINSE | 5 | "Lather, ___, and repeat" (shampoo instructions) |
| 44% | STOP | 4 | ___, drop, and roll (certain instructions) |
| 43% | FINDTHELOSTDOGS | 15 | Instruction for 17-, 23-, 46- and 58-Across |
| 43% | AGES | 4 | "For ___ 3 and above" (toy instructions) |
| 42% | DOLCE | 5 | Musical instruction to play sweetly and softly |
| 41% | ZIPIT | 5 | "Pipe down!," and an instruction for 18-, 25-, 43-, and 57-Across |
| 41% | COOKBOOK | 8 | This is filled with recipe lists and instructions |
| 40% | JUSTADDWATER | 12 | "Instant" instructions, and how to complete this puzzle's starred clues |
| 39% | DANCESCHOOL | 11 | Where to go for instruction in ballet and jazz |
| 38% | FOLDTHROUGHEACH | 15 | With 67- and 97-Across, second part of the instructions |
| 38% | DONOTLETTHE | 11 | With 34- and 54-Across, basic instruction for [circled letters] |
| 38% | LEGATO | 6 | Musical instruction that a piece be performed smoothly and connectedly |
| 36% | ROLLTHETAPE | 11 | "I can prove you're lying!," and an instruction for reading each set of circled letters |
| 36% | REPEATAFTERME | 13 | Instruction before an oath, and a feature of 20-, 31-, 43-, and 54-Across |
| 36% | DASH | 4 | "Add a pinch of salt and a ___ of lemon" (recipe instruction, perhaps) |
| 35% | GETOUTOFHERE | 12 | "Shoo!," and an instruction that goes with the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | WRAP | 4 | With 61-Down, "Get a move on!" and an instruction for the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | WRITETHATDOWN | 13 | Teacher's directive, and a hint to 4-, 10-, 27- and 33-Down |
| 34% | GOFISH | 6 | Kids' card game ... and a directive pertaining to the four longest puzzle answers |
| 34% | STIR | 4 | Instruction in a mac-and-cheese recipe |
| 34% | FOLDHERE | 8 | Instructions next to a perforated line ... or a hint to 17-, 29-, 45- and 61-Across |
| 33% | SCRAMBLETHEJETS | 15 | Spring into action ... or an apt directive for 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |