| 100% | AIMED | 5 | Directed (at) |
| 100% | SENTTO | 6 | Directed at |
| 100% | AIMED | 5 | Directed at |
| 88% | AIMED | 5 | Directed at a target |
| 85% | SAYTO | 5 | Direct at, as a remark |
| 82% | FOUREYES | 8 | Insult directed at spectacle-wearers |
| 82% | OLE | 3 | Cheer directed at a matador |
| 80% | AMENS | 5 | They're often directed at shepherds |
| 80% | DOUBLEHEXES | 11 | Curses directed at a happy couple? |
| 80% | SHOO | 4 | Exclamation directed at a pesky fly |
| 80% | SPEECH | 6 | Chant directed at someone being celebrated |
| 79% | THIRDHAND | 9 | Not direct at all, as gossip |
| 78% | SAYTO | 5 | Direct a remark at |
| 76% | PRAYERS | 7 | Words spoken or thought directed at a deity |
| 76% | WECARD | 6 | Sign outside a bar directed at teenagers, perhaps |
| 76% | GET | 3 | "___ a room!" (cry directed at a couple, perhaps) |
| 76% | PISHED | 6 | Directed a cry of contempt at |
| 75% | SAYTO | 5 | Direct a comment at: 2 wds. |
| 75% | JEERS | 5 | Directs rude and mocking remarks at |
| 74% | MEAN | 4 | Taylor Swift's hit song directed at her critics |
| 74% | ASIDE | 5 | Line of dialogue directed at a play's audience |
| 71% | IRE | 3 | You might direct yours at someone |
| 70% | BALLOONDARTS | 12 | Carnival projectiles that might be directed at parts of this puzzle? |
| 70% | MVP | 3 | Sarcastic chant directed at a third-stringer on the opposing team |
| 70% | WEIR | 4 | Peter who directed "Picnic at Hanging Rock" |
| 69% | MENTAL | 6 | ___ Floss, an online magazine with facts, trivia and puzzles directed at Millennials |
| 69% | AIM | 3 | Point at, direct at |
| 68% | IMPLIED | 7 | Hinted at, without being direct |
| 67% | TIRADES | 7 | Something TV Judge Joe Brown often had, directed at those he deemed guilty |
| 60% | PAULDANO | 8 | "Escape at Dannemora" actor who directed 47-Across (2 wds.) |