| 100% | WHISTLING | 9 | Doing this is considered bad luck in circus |
| 58% | LADDER | 6 | Walking under this is considered bad luck |
| 44% | TET | 3 | Holiday when sweeping and emptying the trash are considered bad luck |
| 43% | CASINOS | 7 | Where $50 bills and crossing your legs may be considered bad luck |
| 43% | STEAK | 5 | What may be considered worse when done well |
| 43% | COMET | 5 | Night sky object considered to be bad luck in ancient times |
| 42% | CAUL | 4 | Sigmund Freud's birth in 1856 was notable for this, which his mother considered a sign of good luck |
| 40% | RENAME | 6 | It's said to be bad luck if you do this to a boat |
| 39% | JINXED | 6 | If you have lots of bad luck, you might be this |
| 38% | CRICKETS | 8 | __ are insects considered good luck in Asia |
| 38% | EVIL | 4 | This is bad. Real bad. And it's lurking in the longest puzzle answers, too! |
| 37% | MAKINGACOMEBACK | 15 | What the eight featured celebrities in this puzzle are doing? |
| 37% | ZHUZHEDITUP | 11 | Added panache, as was done three times in this puzzle? |
| 36% | PUT | 3 | Competitions to do this to the shot were first recorded in early 19th century Scotland |
| 36% | REDACTED | 8 | Stricken, in a way, as was done four times in this puzzle |
| 36% | RIZZO | 5 | Character in "Grease" who sings "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" |
| 35% | WORKINGMYWAYBACKTOU | 19 | What I am doing when spelling out six long answers in this puzzle? |
| 35% | VERBOSE | 7 | Denoting the style in which one might consider this clue to be written |
| 35% | ERR | 3 | To do this is human |
| 34% | PEN | 3 | What you might be doing this puzzle in |
| 34% | LADDERS | 7 | Walking under these is considered unlucky |
| 34% | TOKED | 5 | Something I am certain that many people did in Illinois on January 1 this year |
| 34% | PEN | 3 | This is considered to be mightier than the sword |
| 34% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 33% | EVIL | 4 | "Most of the ___ in this world is done by people with good intentions": T.S. Eliot |
| 33% | DROPMEALINE | 11 | "Don't be a stranger!" ... or what you have to do three times in this puzzle |
| 33% | TEA | 3 | This is popular in spots |
| 33% | NEO | 3 | This is new in prefixes |
| 33% | BLACKCAT | 8 | This feline is said to bring bad luck |
| 33% | ERR | 3 | To do this is human, it is said |