| 100% | ABLY | 4 | Done in a manner as though one knows exactly what one is doing |
| 40% | CROSS | 5 | What words do in a puzzle like this one |
| 39% | PEEL | 4 | What skin will do as a sunburn heals |
| 38% | ERGS | 4 | No one really knows what these energy units are, but they show up in crosswords a lot |
| 38% | TOETHELINE | 10 | Do exactly as one is told |
| 37% | LEFTHAND | 8 | Right one doesn't know what this one is doing |
| 37% | CONGA | 5 | What people in a line may be doing |
| 37% | CHOPPINGENBLOC | 14 | What students in a karate class are often doing? |
| 37% | YELLFIRE | 8 | What one shouldn't do in a crowded theater |
| 37% | THAW | 4 | What a frozen turkey will do in the refrigerator |
| 36% | GOTTHEHOOK | 10 | Was yanked offstage ... or what four puzzle answers did, in a way |
| 36% | DIE | 3 | What a laptop battery will do in the long run? |
| 36% | PARALLELPARKS | 13 | What 1-, 5-, 10-, 32-, 43- and 53-Down are, in a manner of speaking |
| 36% | MARCH | 5 | What ants do in a line, which is also the third month on the calendar? |
| 36% | NANDOR | 6 | What We Do in the Shadows vampire known as "the Relentless" |
| 36% | ACE | 3 | One of two in a poker hand known as "pocket rockets" |
| 36% | AGE | 3 | "It's a little-known fact that the tan became popular in what is known as the Bronze ___," quote by Cliff on "Cheers" |
| 35% | COFFEEBEAN | 10 | Globally used seed that usually comes in twos, but when there is only one inside the "cherry", it's known as a peaberry |
| 35% | REDACTED | 8 | Stricken, in a way, as was done four times in this puzzle |
| 35% | BATTERINGRAMEAU | 15 | What a hailstorm is doing when composer Jean-Philippe is caught in it? |
| 35% | SHOUT | 5 | What "you know you make me wanna" do, in a classic R&B song |
| 35% | OBEY | 4 | What a well-trained dog will do in response to its owner's commands |
| 34% | TAP | 3 | Action that can be done to a phone, in more ways than one |
| 34% | DAB | 3 | A little one will "do ya," in old ads |
| 34% | BACKUPSINGER | 12 | One helping in a band ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 34% | RAMSHORN | 8 | What the musical instrument known as a shofar is typically made from |
| 33% | ELEVEN | 6 | On a scale of 1 to 10, what one amp in "This Is Spinal Tap" goes to |
| 33% | ACT | 3 | Anagram of the animal in 23a which is what Ryan Reynolds does for a living |
| 33% | TBTEST | 6 | What the injection known as the Mantoux technique is a crucial part of |
| 33% | HAVEACASE | 9 | Be justified in pressing a suit, and what the starred answers all do |