| 100% | PROACTIVE | 9 | Acting in anticipation of future problems |
| 45% | SALIVATE | 8 | Dribble in anticipation of food |
| 45% | FLINCHING | 9 | Twitching in anticipation of pain |
| 44% | WAITSFOR | 8 | Hangs around in anticipation of: 2 wds. |
| 43% | PUCKER | 6 | __ up, purse lips in anticipation of a kiss |
| 43% | PREPPERS | 8 | They hoard goods in anticipation of an apocalypse |
| 43% | PROLEPSES | 9 | Anticipations of possible objections, in rhetoric |
| 41% | ENTRY | 5 | Act of coming in |
| 40% | REDHANDED | 9 | In the act of crime |
| 40% | MOODYBLUES | 10 | They released "Days of Future Passed" in 1967 |
| 40% | AGOG | 4 | In a state of eager anticipation |
| 40% | ENTRY | 5 | Act of going in a place |
| 39% | LANGUAGEBARRIER | 15 | Problem in the Tower of Babel story |
| 39% | PDAS | 4 | Acts of kissing in public, say: Abbr. |
| 39% | LIGATION | 8 | Act of sealing blood vessels in medicine |
| 38% | FORCEMAJEURE | 12 | Act of God, e.g., in a contract |
| 38% | SOLARFLARE | 10 | *Cause of problems in radio communication |
| 38% | THESEVEN | 8 | "Men of honest report," in Acts |
| 38% | CLEANAIR | 8 | Kind of act passed in 1970 |
| 38% | DUEL | 4 | Event in Act II of "Hamilton" |
| 38% | FAIRBANKS | 9 | Douglas ___, silent movie star who acted in "The Mark of Zorro" |
| 38% | MAUVETOTHEMUSIC | 15 | Act groovy, in a rhythmic, purplish sort of way? |
| 37% | OMEN | 4 | Warning of what's in the future |
| 37% | POACHING | 8 | The act of cooking in simmering liquid |
| 37% | PROPHECY | 8 | Any of three in ''Macbeth'' Act 4 |
| 37% | TWO | 3 | Number of acts in "Company" |
| 37% | LON | 3 | ___ Chaney, silent movie star who acted in "The Phantom of the Opera" |
| 37% | VALENTINO | 9 | Rudolph ___, silent movie star who acted in "The Son of the Sheik" |
| 37% | IDEALISM | 8 | Act of envisioning things in an ideal and impractical form |
| 37% | CHARADE | 7 | Bit of acting-out in a parlor game |