| 100% | OWNS | 4 | Completely dominates, like the Eagles do to the Jets |
| 49% | PILLAGE | 7 | To rob using violence, like the Vikings did |
| 45% | SOAR | 4 | Take to the air, like an eagle |
| 43% | HONORS | 6 | "Would you like to do the ___?" |
| 42% | JUMPOVERBOARDERS | 16 | What the acrobatic landlady liked to do? |
| 41% | TINT | 4 | Color, like you might want to do with the title's last word |
| 41% | SEASIDE | 7 | 1907 song, I Do Like to Be Beside the __ |
| 41% | SASSY | 5 | Like the response "Talk to the hand!" |
| 41% | DOWNANDDIRTY | 12 | Done in a quick but effective manner ... or like the answers to the three starred clues? |
| 41% | DOWNANDDIRTY | 12 | Done in a quick but effective manner ... or like the answers to the three starred clues |
| 40% | TINIEST | 7 | Like the pinky compared to the other fingers |
| 40% | JUSTIFIES | 9 | What the end does to the means |
| 40% | CROSSEDIT | 9 | What the chicken did to the road |
| 39% | SASSY | 5 | Like the responses "Talk to the hand!" and 7-Across |
| 39% | BRIM | 4 | Filled to the ___ (completely full, like a cup) |
| 39% | EERIE | 5 | Like the musical intro to "The Twilight Zone" |
| 39% | EVADES | 6 | Gives the slip to the good guys, much like Joaquin Guzman has done a couple of times |
| 39% | FLAT | 4 | Like the world, to the ancients |
| 39% | ODDSON | 6 | Like the horse favored to win |
| 39% | ALAMB | 5 | Like ___ to the slaughter |
| 39% | XXXXX | 5 | Like ___ to the flame |
| 38% | LUCKY | 5 | Like the number 8, to the Chinese |
| 38% | COASTAL | 7 | Like a town next to the sea |
| 38% | ORAL | 4 | Like some hygiene related to the mouth |
| 38% | AFOOT | 5 | Like the game, to Sherlock |
| 38% | TENDER | 6 | Like the night, to Keats |
| 38% | SACRED | 6 | Like the Ganges, to Hindus |
| 38% | BLAU | 4 | Like the Danube, to Germans |
| 38% | REVSUP | 6 | What the lady in the Mustang does to indicate she'd like to drag while sitting next to you at the red light |
| 38% | HILT | 4 | To the __; completely |