| 100% | SKIPASPACE | 10 | Do this if 36-Across is two letters |
| 44% | PARTING | 7 | With 58-Across, what this puzzle's circled letters are ... or what they're doing |
| 41% | SECRETS | 7 | Two people can keep these, if one of them is dead |
| 41% | ALERT | 5 | A fire alarm will do this if there is smoke |
| 39% | ICAN | 4 | "___ do this if I try": 2 wds |
| 38% | SECRETS | 7 | Two people can keep these if one of them is dead |
| 38% | ANTE | 4 | Do this if you want to get a hand |
| 38% | BATONROUGE | 10 | This Capital, one of many with French origins, is one of two states that do not have counties |
| 38% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 38% | RECALCULATE | 11 | What 14-Across will do if you miss a turn |
| 38% | CODES | 5 | Postal ___ (what the two-letter answers in this puzzle are) |
| 37% | GOINGIN | 7 | With 43-Across, what this puzzle is doing |
| 37% | CRACKINGTHECODE | 15 | Arriving at an “Aha!” moment . . . or what this puzzle is doing vis-à-vis its circled letters |
| 37% | ABRAHAMLINCOLN | 14 | "If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?" |
| 37% | WITHINSIGHT | 11 | Visible ... or, literally, where most inner letters of this puzzle's eight other longest Across answers are situated |
| 37% | ERR | 3 | To do this is human |
| 36% | OPTIONAL | 8 | Not required, do this if you want to do it |
| 36% | SNEEZE | 6 | You might do this if you're allergic to pollen |
| 36% | PERSONALIZED | 12 | Like this puzzle, when 36-Across is filled in |
| 36% | WHISTLING | 9 | Doing this is considered bad luck in circus |
| 36% | ASAP | 4 | "Drop everything and do this" letters |
| 36% | NOCLUE | 6 | "Haven't the foggiest!" … or, when the first two letters are put at the end, an essential part of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 35% | OAK | 3 | Tree whose first two letters are vowels |
| 35% | DOERS | 5 | There are two types, talkers and these |
| 35% | ROW | 3 | You may have to do this if your Mercury Pro XS quits |
| 35% | SKUNK | 5 | Animal associated with (and whose name is two letters away from) stink |
| 35% | ERR | 3 | To do this is human, it is said |
| 35% | ERR | 3 | To do this is human, it's said |
| 35% | MEGALOMANIA | 11 | Condition whose first two letters are oddly appropriate |
| 35% | ARLES | 5 | French city whose last two letters are silent |