| 100% | PATROLS | 7 | Does a security check around the block like a cop |
| 43% | SCREENED | 8 | Did a security check on |
| 39% | JOG | 3 | Go for a run around the block |
| 39% | JOGS | 4 | Goes for a run around the block |
| 39% | WALK | 4 | Go for a stroll around the block |
| 39% | PATROLS | 7 | Makes the rounds like a security guard |
| 39% | ORBITED | 7 | Went around the Earth, like a satellite |
| 39% | BEEN | 4 | "I've ___ around the block a few times" |
| 39% | FEW | 3 | "I've been around the block a ___ times" |
| 38% | LAP | 3 | Do a round around the track |
| 38% | BRISK | 5 | Like a quick walk around the park |
| 38% | ONTOUR | 6 | Like a band playing around the country |
| 38% | RUCHE | 5 | Strip of pleated or frilled lace worn around the neck like a small ruff |
| 37% | LAP | 3 | Do a ___ around the room (circulate at a party) |
| 37% | LAP | 3 | Do a ___ around the room (mingle at a party) |
| 37% | LINGER | 6 | Hang around in the air, like a bad smell |
| 37% | ENDORSE | 7 | Sign, like the back of a check |
| 37% | HOLECOVERS | 10 | After the top half of a 42-Down, circles around the block? |
| 36% | SMOKY | 5 | Like the air around a campfire |
| 36% | MISTY | 5 | Like the air around a waterfall |
| 36% | FOGGY | 5 | Like the weather around a lighthouse, maybe |
| 35% | THISISNTMY | 10 | With 87-Across, "I've been around the block a few times" [ref. 23-Across] |
| 35% | AMPLE | 5 | Like the space around a first-class seat, say |
| 34% | APT | 3 | Like the name "Pat Down" for a border security agent |
| 34% | AMPLE | 5 | Like the space around a first class plane seat, say |
| 33% | ROTATION | 8 | In a day, the earth does one around its own axis |
| 32% | DOWNANDDIRTY | 12 | Done in a quick but effective manner ... or like the answers to the three starred clues? |
| 32% | DOWNANDDIRTY | 12 | Done in a quick but effective manner ... or like the answers to the three starred clues |
| 32% | VETS | 4 | Does a background check on |
| 32% | RESCAN | 6 | Do a price check on |