| 100% | GROGGY | 6 | Feeling sluggish, muddled, and slow to act |
| 47% | INERT | 5 | Slow to act |
| 47% | DILATORY | 8 | Slow to act |
| 40% | LETHARGIC | 9 | Feeling tired and sluggish |
| 40% | LETHARGIC | 9 | Feeling meh and sluggish |
| 39% | RESTAURANT | 10 | Where to act on a gut feeling? |
| 39% | WILLING | 7 | Ready and prepared to act |
| 38% | FABIAN | 6 | Using cautious and slow strategy to wear down opposition |
| 37% | SENTIENT | 8 | Able to perceive and feel |
| 37% | BREVITY | 7 | Act of being short and to the point |
| 37% | ONTHEBALL | 9 | *Highly aware and ready to act |
| 36% | DIED | 4 | "I told Rupaul to act her age. And she ___!" —Lady Bunny |
| 36% | STEADY | 6 | Slow and this is supposed to win the race |
| 36% | EMPATHY | 7 | Ability to understand and share others' feelings |
| 35% | AUTOMATON | 9 | Mechanical device made to look and act human |
| 35% | TEARFUL | 7 | Feeling sad and ready to cry |
| 35% | HIDDENEMOTIONS | 14 | Repressed feelings, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 34% | ALDA | 4 | Only person to win Emmys for acting, writing and directing |
| 34% | FLAGGED | 7 | Started to tire and slow down |
| 33% | FILLEDWITHJOY | 13 | Feeling euphoric, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 33% | TAKINGTHEPLUNGE | 15 | Acting after much hesitation, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 33% | STUNT | 5 | A daring act in a movie or show; to slow or hinder |
| 33% | ROSES | 5 | "Stop and smell the ___," idiom that means to slow down and relax |
| 32% | ANA | 3 | She acted opposite Daniel in “No Time to Die” and “Knives Out” |
| 32% | LIGHTHEADED | 11 | Feeling woozy ... and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 32% | ENDERMIC | 8 | Acting through the skin, as medicines that were once used to treat rheumatism and arthritis |
| 32% | LOGY | 4 | Feeling sluggish |
| 32% | CATS | 4 | The Sphynx breed of these are unlikely to generate soft and furry feelings |
| 32% | FOLLOW | 6 | "___ your heart," idiom that means to go after one's feelings and intuitions |
| 31% | ALOHA | 5 | ___ Spirit Law (Hawaiian ordinance mandating that people "think and emote good feelings to others") |