| 100% | PREFER | 6 | Choose over, with "to" |
| 72% | LEAVEALONE | 10 | Choose not to mess with |
| 72% | OPT | 3 | Choose to participate, with "in" |
| 72% | OPT | 3 | Choose to reject, with "out" |
| 72% | OPT | 3 | Choose to withdraw, with "out" |
| 71% | OPT | 3 | To choose, with "for" |
| 70% | OPT | 3 | Choose not to participate, with "out" |
| 70% | OPTS | 4 | Chooses not to participate, with "out" |
| 70% | OPTING | 6 | Choosing to break point with force |
| 69% | SELECT | 6 | To choose something or someone over others |
| 69% | REST | 4 | With 16-Across, places to pull over |
| 69% | OPTS | 4 | Chooses to receive marketing emails, with "in" |
| 69% | OPTS | 4 | Chooses not to participate in, with “out” |
| 68% | BLACKHOLE | 9 | Lob chalk over, with energy, to astronomical phenomenon |
| 66% | BALLOT | 6 | A vote, with options to choose between |
| 64% | SKYPE | 5 | Program used to talk with people over the Internet |
| 64% | MELO | 4 | Prefix with "drama" to mean an over-exaggerated act |
| 63% | BULLET | 6 | To get it over with, bite the __ |
| 63% | OPT | 3 | Choose, with "to" |
| 60% | WOO | 3 | Try to win over with flowers, say |
| 60% | AROD | 4 | M.L.B. player with over 600 career home runs, to fans |
| 59% | EDGE | 4 | To have an advantage, with "over" |
| 58% | SOLONGMARIANNE | 14 | Leonard Cohen song with lyric "Come over to the window, my little darling" |
| 58% | FAWNS | 5 | Kowtows to, with "over" |
| 58% | PAST | 4 | Over with |
| 58% | DONE | 4 | Over with |
| 58% | WOO | 3 | Try to win over with wine and flowers, say |
| 57% | WOLFGANG | 8 | ___ Amadeus Mozart, composer from the Classical era with over 600 compositions to his credit |
| 57% | AGENT | 5 | Word you might say over the phone to be connected with a real person |
| 56% | WHELM | 5 | With "over," to awe; with "under," to disappoint |