| 100% | COILED | 6 | __ spring, expression for someone ready to react |
| 45% | ONALERT | 7 | Ready to react |
| 45% | ALERT | 5 | Ready to react, perhaps |
| 42% | COILED | 6 | Ready to spring |
| 42% | COILED | 6 | Ready to spring, perhaps |
| 40% | INITTOWINIT | 11 | Ready to compete for a victory |
| 40% | DILATED | 7 | Ready to be checked for cataracts |
| 39% | UHOH | 4 | Expression for "Looks like someone's in trouble." |
| 39% | STALE | 5 | Ready to be used for French toast, say |
| 38% | HERO | 4 | Someone to root for |
| 38% | HITTHEHAY | 9 | Expression for going to sleep, in a stable maybe |
| 38% | REDMEAT | 7 | Expression for issue intended to inflame voters |
| 38% | PREP | 4 | Get ready to perform surgery, for short |
| 38% | ENABLES | 7 | Makes possible for someone to do something |
| 38% | OPEN | 4 | Ready for customers to arrive |
| 37% | RICHARD | 7 | Ready to give up his kingdom for a horse, __ III |
| 37% | AOK | 3 | NASA's expression for "good to go": Hyph. |
| 37% | ADHERER | 7 | Fancy name for someone who "sticks" to principles |
| 37% | MAKEWAY | 7 | Allow room for someone to pass, move aside |
| 37% | SLOWCOACH | 9 | Term for someone who needs to hurry up |
| 37% | LETTERED | 8 | Wrote symbols by hand for someone to read |
| 37% | SPAREROOM | 9 | Godsend for someone who's about to crash? |
| 37% | PREPARED | 8 | Ready for homework to read out |
| 37% | SEWERWORKER | 11 | By then Mrs. Herr was ready to ___ for incompetence |
| 37% | HENSATINGREECE | 14 | Chicken got ready to lay an egg for Zorba? |
| 37% | TIGHTWAD | 8 | Slang for someone who fails to open their wallet |
| 37% | VACANCY | 7 | An empty hotel room, space for someone to stay |
| 37% | RIGHTLANE | 9 | Spot for someone who’s about to exit, perhaps |
| 37% | ICES | 4 | Hides a bottle for someone to stumble on, say |
| 37% | DOE | 3 | Last name for someone who prefers to remain anonymous |