| 100% | ABUSE | 5 | ___ of power (what a corrupt CEO may do) |
| 83% | ABUSE | 5 | ___ of power (what a corrupt politician may do) |
| 61% | RIOT | 4 | What a loud crowd of rowdies may do |
| 61% | CARVE | 5 | What a Thanksgiving guest of honor might do |
| 59% | UNPILE | 6 | What a bunch of footballers might do |
| 58% | CURRYFAVOR | 10 | What a candidate might do at House of Thai? |
| 55% | COOL | 4 | What a baker may do to bring down the temperature of a cake |
| 55% | CAMOUFLAGEPANTS | 15 | What a dog might do to pretend it's not out of breath? |
| 54% | SERVICEBRAKES | 13 | What mechanics may do as part of a tuneup? |
| 52% | SLAYINGSLOW | 11 | What Buffy might be doing at the end of a long, hard night? |
| 52% | FETCH | 5 | What a dog may do to the last parts of 17- and 51-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 51% | EATALLCOSTS | 11 | What the backer of a failing business may do? |
| 51% | WAG | 3 | What a 48-Down might do |
| 50% | SWELL | 5 | What the music might do at the emotional climax of a movie |
| 50% | OBEY | 4 | What a hypnotist may tell you to do |
| 50% | YAWN | 4 | What a bored or sleepy person might do |
| 50% | STIR | 4 | What a straw might be used to do |
| 50% | BOIL | 4 | What a heated pot of water will do |
| 50% | WEEP | 4 | What a card reader may do? |
| 50% | PEERIN | 6 | What a Peeping Tom may do |
| 50% | PERSIST | 7 | What a bad cold may do |
| 50% | REAR | 4 | What a frightened horse may do |
| 50% | STING | 5 | What a threatened bee may do |
| 50% | WHISPER | 7 | What a laryngitis sufferer may do |
| 50% | STARVE | 6 | What a desperate dieter may do |
| 50% | PACETHESET | 10 | What a nervous director may do? |
| 50% | BUTCHERASONG | 12 | What a karaoke performer may do |
| 50% | ITCH | 4 | What a wool shirt might do |
| 50% | DISCOUNTS | 9 | What a jealous baron might do? |
| 50% | FLEECOLLAR | 10 | What a pursued perp might do? |