| 100% | DEHYDRATE | 9 | Being in the desert without water will do this |
| 51% | ALE | 3 | This was always brewed without hops in the past |
| 50% | ISLE | 4 | "... this uncharted desert ___" (where Gilligan was, in the theme song) |
| 50% | MAKINGACOMEBACK | 15 | What the eight featured celebrities in this puzzle are doing? |
| 49% | CAMEL | 5 | Being in the desert |
| 49% | SPECULATE | 9 | It can be risky to do this in the stock market |
| 48% | DRYINGUP | 8 | Experts worry the canals of Venice are doing this |
| 47% | SKI | 3 | In the movie "A View to a Kill", Bond did this once his snowmobile was blown up |
| 47% | PUT | 3 | Competitions to do this to the shot were first recorded in early 19th century Scotland |
| 46% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 46% | EVIL | 4 | "Most of the ___ in this world is done by people with good intentions": T.S. Eliot |
| 46% | OASES | 5 | Water holes in the desert |
| 46% | OASIS | 5 | Watering hole in the desert |
| 46% | OASIS | 5 | Watering spot in the desert |
| 46% | OASES | 5 | Watering holes in the desert |
| 45% | TRON | 4 | John Lasseter, Skydance Animation head, stated in 2012 that without this movie, "there would be no Toy Story" |
| 45% | TRADINGSPACES | 13 | Reality series whose title describes what the starting sounds of eight TV titles in this puzzle are doing |
| 45% | PEST | 4 | With 65-Across, extermination ... or what can be done to 10 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues? |
| 45% | CLEANUP | 7 | Response to 40-Across ... or what can be done to 12 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues? |
| 44% | JURASSIC | 8 | The park in Spielberg's dinosaur movie was this |
| 44% | CAMBODIA | 8 | The Angkor temple complex is in this Asian country |
| 44% | PURSE | 5 | In the Boston Marathon this was over $830,500 |
| 44% | SCARCE | 6 | Not plentiful, like water in the desert |
| 44% | BEHOLDER | 8 | Beauty is in the eye of this |
| 44% | DEMONS | 6 | In the Bible, these are fallen angels |
| 43% | COLUMN | 6 | This answer is in the third one of this puzzle |
| 43% | DANCING | 7 | The ladies were doing this on 9th day of Christmas |
| 43% | GALLONS | 7 | In the US, gasoline is sold in these liquid units |
| 43% | PEN | 3 | What you might be doing this puzzle in |
| 43% | SAND | 4 | All you can see in the desert is ___ |