| 100% | WAITOUT | 7 | Do nothing during the course of, as a storm |
| 52% | COMBAT | 6 | Active fighting during the course of a war |
| 46% | AMID | 4 | During the course of |
| 46% | AMIDST | 6 | During the course of |
| 43% | ANDRE | 5 | John —, British Army officer hanged as a spy in 1780 during the American War of Independence |
| 41% | STEER | 5 | Direct the course of a vehicle |
| 41% | CARRY | 5 | Do most of the work for, as a team |
| 41% | GREEN | 5 | Grassy area of the golf course that you would play on during a day of golf |
| 41% | NEURALGIA | 9 | Pain along the course of a nerve |
| 41% | ANNUM | 5 | Per ___: over the course of a year |
| 41% | ROUTINELY | 9 | As a matter of course |
| 40% | NAVIGATOR | 9 | Person who directs the course of a ship |
| 40% | CHANNELCHANGERS | 15 | Engineers who relocate the course of a river? |
| 40% | ONTHEWAY | 8 | In the course of a journey (3 wds) |
| 40% | MENORAH | 7 | It's lit over the course of a week |
| 39% | BOUGH | 5 | *Main branch of a tree that ends the same as 17a, 19a, 34a and 46d, but does not rhyme |
| 39% | DERAILS | 7 | Thwarts, as a course of action |
| 39% | ADOPT | 5 | Choose, as a course of action |
| 38% | INDUE | 5 | All ___ time: as a matter of course |
| 38% | MINORINGIN | 10 | Taking, as a secondary course of study |
| 38% | SYLLABUS | 8 | Paper handed out as a matter of course? |
| 38% | OMEN | 4 | Event seen as a prediction of the future |
| 38% | EDITIN | 6 | Introduce as a part of the movie, say |
| 38% | IDLED | 5 | Did a whole lot of nothing |
| 38% | IDLE | 4 | Doing a whole lot of nothing |
| 38% | PASSEDTIME | 10 | Did a whole lot of nothing |
| 38% | IDLES | 5 | Does a whole lot of nothing |
| 38% | SYLLABUS | 8 | The written outline of a course |
| 37% | THREW | 5 | Hurled, as a ball during a game of fetch |
| 37% | IDEA | 4 | Thoughtful solution as a course of action for something |