| 100% | SPINSOFF | 8 | Converts from a division to a separate company |
| 52% | STRESS | 6 | Changing it converts "convert" from a verb to a noun |
| 50% | OUTSOURCE | 9 | To obtain contract work from a foreign company |
| 48% | MAKEMANNED | 10 | *Convert from a drone to a piloted craft? |
| 47% | TOPPS | 5 | Company whose signature product resulted from a plan to sell more chewing gum |
| 46% | DIVIDEND | 8 | Money paid to a shareholder from company revenue |
| 45% | SEQUESTER | 9 | To separate a jury from all outside influence |
| 43% | LIQUIDITY | 9 | Ability of a company to convert assets into cash |
| 43% | CHAFF | 5 | What to separate the wheat from, in a saying |
| 41% | MELTS | 5 | Goes from a solid to a liquid |
| 41% | POUR | 4 | Transfer from a pitcher to a glass |
| 41% | MELTING | 7 | Turning from a solid to a liquid |
| 41% | MELTS | 5 | Goes from a snowman to a puddle |
| 41% | BLOOM | 5 | Go from a bud to a flower |
| 41% | SHORTEN | 7 | Go from a midi to a mini |
| 41% | AMUSEME | 7 | Words from a king to a jester |
| 41% | MISSINGLINK | 11 | What separates man from beast ... or a hint to 17-, 26-, 32-, 46-, and 51-Across? |
| 40% | TAY | 3 | It flows from a loch to a firth |
| 40% | BACKDOOR | 8 | Exit point from a house to a garden |
| 40% | UPLOAD | 6 | Transfer data from a computer to a server |
| 40% | WEANS | 5 | Switches from a bottle to a cup, say |
| 40% | RESEATS | 7 | Moves from a table to a booth, say |
| 40% | SHRIVEL | 7 | Go from a grape to a raisin, e.g. |
| 40% | EVACUATES | 9 | Moves someone from a dangerous to a safer place |
| 40% | GUM | 3 | It can go from a stick to a bubble |
| 39% | ZED | 3 | From A to ___ |
| 39% | SOUND | 5 | Waves that may travel from a drum to a drum |
| 39% | HANDOFF | 7 | Transfer of the football from a quarterback to a runner |
| 39% | QUOTIENT | 8 | The result from a division equation |
| 39% | DACAPO | 6 | From the top, to a musician |