| 100% | POISONS | 7 | Does in, in a way |
| 100% | SINGS | 5 | Does numbers, in a way |
| 100% | REST | 4 | Do nothing, in a way |
| 96% | OFFS | 4 | Does away with, in a way |
| 96% | SPINS | 5 | Does damage control, in a way |
| 96% | BREAKSTHEMOLD | 13 | Does something in a novel way |
| 96% | ODED | 4 | Did too much, in a way |
| 96% | TYPED | 5 | Did data entry, in a way |
| 96% | ROULETTE | 8 | Tennis do-over, in a way |
| 96% | REDUX | 5 | Done again in a similar way |
| 96% | STAGED | 6 | Not done naturally, in a way |
| 95% | LASES | 5 | Does high-tech surgery, in a way |
| 95% | PASSES | 6 | Doesn't do anything, in a way |
| 95% | SNORKEL | 7 | Do a school visit, in a way? |
| 94% | DAYLIGHT | 8 | In broad __, not done in a clandestine way |
| 94% | NOBLY | 5 | Gallantly, done in a brave way |
| 91% | IMPOSSIBLY | 10 | In a way that can't be done |
| 91% | NAUGHTILY | 9 | Done in a badly behaved way |
| 90% | SLAPDASH | 8 | Done in a hurried and careless way |
| 90% | FINESSE | 7 | Do in a delicate or subtle way |
| 90% | FIRECHIEFLY | 11 | Do some downsizing, in a principal way? |
| 87% | GOTTHEHOOK | 10 | Was yanked offstage ... or what four puzzle answers did, in a way |
| 85% | CLOSESTHEDEAL | 13 | Has successful negotiations, and, in a way, what this puzzle does |
| 85% | RAISEMONEY | 10 | Get support, in a way ... and what the puzzle circles do |
| 84% | REDACTED | 8 | Stricken, in a way, as was done four times in this puzzle |
| 81% | DOUBLEDIP | 9 | Commit a party foul, in a way … or what five answers do in this puzzle? |
| 80% | BREAKTHEMOLD | 12 | *Do something in a whole new way |
| 80% | ASS | 3 | Half-___ (do in a perfunctory way) |
| 79% | SCOUT | 5 | Stratego piece that moves the same way a rook does in chess |
| 78% | CHIC | 4 | In, in a way |