| 100% | SPEND | 5 | Go on a shopping spree... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 71% | ATTEND | 6 | Go to an event... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 70% | PRETEND | 7 | Put on an act... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 62% | MEND | 4 | Fix, as a fence... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 62% | AMEND | 5 | Modify, as the Constitution... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 61% | BLEND | 5 | Mix together, as smoothie ingredients... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 50% | SPEND | 5 | Go on a shopping spree |
| 50% | SPENT | 5 | Went on a shopping spree |
| 50% | SPENDS | 6 | Goes on a shopping spree |
| 50% | SPEND | 5 | Go on a shopping spree, perhaps |
| 50% | SPENDS | 6 | Goes on a shopping spree, say |
| 49% | SAND | 4 | *Hourglass filler ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a bunker on a golf course |
| 47% | HOUSE | 5 | Place where one lives ... or a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect that's often found in kitchens |
| 47% | GETLIT | 6 | Go on a drinking spree, in slang |
| 46% | DETAIL | 6 | "Attention to ___," complete the phrase with a word that ends in "ail" |
| 46% | AIRS | 4 | Puts on ... or a word that can follow puts on |
| 43% | RAT | 3 | *Sewage rodent ... or a word that goes with "trap" to mean a hopeless situation |
| 43% | CENT | 4 | Word that appears in capital letters on the back of a penny |
| 43% | RING | 4 | Item that may go on a finger or an ear |
| 43% | REAR | 4 | Word that can go before "view" or "end" |
| 43% | DIMINUTIVE | 10 | Word that might end in -ie or -ling |
| 42% | PICKUP | 6 | Learn ... or a word that can precede the ends of 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across |
| 42% | SPEED | 5 | *Runner's stat ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a radar trap |
| 42% | STAT | 4 | A number in sports, or a word used by doctors that means "right now!" |
| 42% | SALE | 4 | Word often seen in a starburst on a shop banner |
| 42% | USER | 4 | Word that can go before "name" or "interface," in tech |
| 42% | MEIN | 4 | Word that follows "lo" or "chow" on a Chinese menu |
| 42% | FINIAL | 6 | Ornamental element on a spire or gable end |
| 41% | YOUAREHERE | 10 | Words on a mall map ... or a punny hint for eight squares in this puzzle |
| 41% | MYSTIC | 6 | Word that can go before "River" or "Pizza" in movie titles |