| 100% | SLYLY | 5 | How an April fool may be done |
| 49% | HERETO | 6 | How an addendum may be attached |
| 49% | ICILY | 5 | How an archrival might be greeted |
| 48% | ONCD | 4 | How an LP may be re-released |
| 47% | ASASON | 6 | How an orphan might long to be treated |
| 47% | FOROLDTIMESSAKE | 15 | How something may be done, nostalgically |
| 46% | MADLY | 5 | How work may be done near a deadline |
| 46% | ONADARE | 7 | How, say, eating worms might be done |
| 46% | ONADARE | 7 | How foolhardy things may be done |
| 46% | ONADARE | 7 | How risky things might be done |
| 45% | REPORT | 6 | A written account of how an experiment was done |
| 45% | ADARE | 5 | How a prank may be done, after "on" |
| 44% | ABETTING | 8 | What an accomplice may be doing |
| 42% | ADARE | 5 | On ___ (how pranks may be done) |
| 40% | LESS | 4 | What an overachiever might be encouraged to do |
| 39% | USE | 3 | It might be done sparingly |
| 39% | BLAH | 4 | When said three times, how an overlong comment might be summarized |
| 39% | BIT | 3 | Fell for an April fool, say |
| 39% | SAP | 3 | Frequent victim of an April fool |
| 39% | PATSY | 5 | Object of an April Fools joke |
| 39% | ROTE | 4 | Learning may be done by it |
| 39% | ERS | 3 | EKGs may be done in them |
| 39% | EBAY | 4 | Where your bidding may be done |
| 39% | JOYRIDE | 7 | It might be done 17-Across |
| 39% | EXAM | 4 | It might be done in stirrups |
| 38% | HANDSTANDS | 10 | They may be done on a beam |
| 38% | SPEC | 4 | Some work may be done on it |
| 38% | GAINER | 6 | It may be done off the board |
| 38% | BING | 4 | A search may be done with it |
| 38% | LUBE | 4 | It may be done on a lift |