| 100% | PULSE | 5 | Have your finger on the ___ (know what's happening) |
| 52% | PAST | 4 | "Do not dwell on the ___..." ("Forget about what has happened...") |
| 48% | FIDGET | 6 | Drum your fingers on the table, e.g. |
| 47% | ALROKER | 7 | "And here's what's happening in your neck of the woods" weather personality on NBC's "Today" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | NAIL | 4 | Thing on the end of your finger |
| 42% | MABEL | 5 | The mother on "What's Happening!!" |
| 42% | REEDIT | 6 | What you might have to do when you find your earth-shattering column on dandelions is 372 words too long for the space allowed |
| 42% | ALROKER | 7 | "Here's what's happening in your neck of the woods" speaker |
| 42% | BALD | 4 | Having lost the hair on your head |
| 42% | CBS | 3 | What has an eye on the TV |
| 42% | MUTINY | 6 | What happened on the bounty |
| 41% | CLUEMONOPOLY | 12 | What the only detective on a case has? |
| 41% | TBA | 3 | [It's too soon to know what goes on the schedule here]: Abbr. |
| 41% | ANIN | 4 | What people who know the right people may have |
| 41% | EYEDROP | 7 | What may have the solution to your vision problems? |
| 40% | BETTERDAYS | 10 | What things on the downslide may have "seen" |
| 40% | NEWS | 4 | What's happening in the world |
| 40% | MIDWIFECRISIS | 13 | What you have when your aide faints in the delivery room? |
| 39% | HURTLED | 7 | What you may have done on the UAE's Formula Rossa |
| 39% | BEINGNOSY | 9 | Wanting to know what's happening, spying |
| 39% | ANYMOMENT | 9 | "It's about to happen" ... or what each of the four other longest answers in this puzzle has? |
| 39% | SMILEANDNOD | 11 | Pretend to know what’s going on |
| 39% | ROKER | 5 | "And here's what's happening in your neck of the woods" weather personality Al |
| 39% | SEERS | 5 | They know what's in the cards |
| 39% | BLIP | 4 | What's on your radar? |
| 39% | IDEA | 4 | What's on your mind |
| 39% | CHI | 3 | What might have marked the spot on an ancient-Greek treasure map? |
| 39% | ALROKER | 7 | "And here's what's happening in your neck of the woods" weather personality (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ALTOGETHER | 10 | On the whole ... or, when read in two parts, what the answer to each starred clue has |
| 38% | FIRSTPLACE | 10 | Top spot on the podium, and what the answers to the starred clues all have? |