| 100% | BOYCOTT | 7 | Charles Cunningham —, land agent in Ireland whose surname has come to mean a refusal to do business with another party |
| 29% | LOTHARIO | 8 | Character in 1702 Nicholas Rowe stage play The Fair Penitent whose name has come to mean any rake or libertine |
| 29% | XXXXXX | 6 | Current NFL champions whose name has a specific meaning in another sport |
| 27% | INTHISECONOMY | 13 | Jokey question in response to a statement that may have nothing to do with money |
| 27% | XANTHIPPE | 9 | Wife of Socrates, whose name has come to mean any quarrelsome woman |
| 25% | OAR | 3 | Band whose name has nothing to do with rowing |
| 25% | EATER | 5 | Suffix with "bee" to mean a bird that nests in burrows |
| 24% | BRIDAL | 6 | Having to do with a groom's female partner |
| 24% | PUB | 3 | Place to have a pint in Ireland |
| 24% | BRIDAL | 6 | Anything having to do with a bride |
| 24% | APTAGRAM | 8 | Word or phrase whose letters can be rearranged to form another with a similar meaning, such as “moon starer” for “astronomer” |
| 24% | TENPINBOWLING | 13 | Popular sport played with a ball that has three holes and whose history has been traced back to the Egyptians living in 3200 BCE: 3 wds. |
| 24% | ROOST | 5 | What chickens come home to do, in a saying |
| 24% | ANTONYM | 7 | A word opposite in meaning to another |
| 24% | NANCY | 5 | With 90-Down, first woman to lead a major party in Congress |
| 23% | BACKAWAY | 8 | *What to do when coming face to face with a bear |
| 23% | ARUBA | 5 | Island whose name rhymes with a popular thing to do there |
| 23% | AMA | 3 | Org. whose website has a "quick guide to telemedicine in practice" |
| 23% | SETTLED | 7 | To have put down roots in a foreign land |
| 23% | MAKEYOURWAY | 11 | With 26-Down, how to succeed in business, and a hint to this puzzle |
| 23% | REAR | 4 | Prefix with "guard" to mean the last part in a military force |
| 23% | DOMBEYANDSON | 12 | Novel by Charles Dickens that deals with the story of a shipping firm owner who is frustrated at not having a son to take care of the business: 3 wds. |
| 23% | SRI | 3 | Lead-in with "Lanka" to mean a country |
| 23% | ETA | 3 | The amount of waiting you have to do until a flight lands: Abbr. |
| 23% | EGG | 3 | Prefix with "head" to mean an intellectual geek (used in a negative sense) |
| 23% | EER | 3 | Suffix with "musket" to mean one of three in a popular book title |
| 23% | STRESS | 6 | Result of having too much to do in too short a time, probably |
| 23% | ADI | 3 | Lead-in with "das" to mean a Nike rival |
| 23% | KIT | 3 | Lead-in with "kat" to mean a Nestle wafer |
| 23% | BOYCOTTS | 8 | Refuses to do business with |