| 100% | SITONIT | 7 | Hold in abeyance, and what you can do to the ends of 17-, 27-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 64% | PUTONASHOW | 10 | Perform in the theater ... and what can be done to the end of 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 63% | BREAK | 5 | Intermission ... or what you can do to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 59% | MAKEASCENE | 10 | Be disruptive, or what you can do with the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 56% | CAST | 4 | Throw, and what you can do to the first words of 17-, 24-, 39-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 56% | RAISEEMUP | 9 | Words before a toast, and what you can do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 55% | SAY | 3 | What you can do to the first parts of 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 52% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive elimination ... or what one may do to the ends of 17-, 31-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| 51% | DRAW | 4 | Something you can do to the starts of 17-, 21-, 37-, 53- and 60-Across |
| 50% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 50% | SEEINGSTARS | 11 | In pain, and what you're doing for the answers to 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 49% | MAKELEMONADE | 12 | What to do when life gives you the proverbial items hidden in 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 49% | TAKETHAT | 8 | "So there!" ... or what you can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 49% | TAKEASWING | 10 | Try to hit, or what one can do with the ends of 18-, 26- and 47-Across |
| 49% | FASHIONDESIGNERS | 16 | What you can do by rearranging the letters of 17- and 26-Across |
| 48% | BUILDANAIRPLANE | 15 | You're television's Angus MacGyver. You're being held hostage at the top floor of a construction site in a room with a 17-Across, some 32-Across, and a few 41-Across. What do you do to escape? |
| 48% | RESERVE | 7 | What one can do to the last parts of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 48% | CREATEDAMONSTER | 15 | Emulated Dr. Frankenstein ... or what you did after you filled in the shaded parts of 17-, 23-, 50- and 61-Across? |
| 48% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | What you can do by combining the last words of 17-, 30- and 44-Across |
| 46% | MAKEAFACE | 9 | Grimace, and what you can do by putting the ends of the starred answers together |
| 46% | DANCE | 5 | Hint to the start of 17-, 31-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 45% | BALLPARKFIGURES | 15 | Rough estimates, and what can be found at the ends of 17-, 25-, 52-, and 62-Across |
| 45% | SIDEEFFECT | 10 | Undesired medication consequence ... and what can literally go with the end of 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 45% | VET | 3 | November honoree who can be found in the middle of 17, 29, 46, and 62 Across |
| 45% | DRACULA | 7 | Classic Lugosi character with an aversion to the ends of 17-, 29-, 48- and 61-Across |
| 45% | AIRPORT | 7 | Where to find the ends of 17-, 27-, 50- and 65-Across |
| 45% | CLEARTHEAIR | 11 | Talk things out . . . or what to do to make sense of the clues for 17-, 27-, and 44-Across |
| 45% | WORKSLIKEACHARM | 15 | Functions perfectly, and what can be said about the starts of 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57-Across |
| 44% | CHIP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 27-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 44% | COMPUTERCOMPANY | 15 | What the ends of 17-, 27- and 48-Across each represent |