| 100% | REPORT | 6 | Journalists do this when they give the news |
| 53% | REPEAT | 6 | Books do this when they say the same thing twice |
| 47% | STUDYING | 8 | When students "hit the books" they're doing this |
| 45% | DISAGREE | 8 | People do this when they take opposing sides |
| 45% | GERMINATE | 9 | Seeds do this when they turn into a seedling |
| 39% | ABSORBS | 7 | A proton does this to an electron when they meet |
| 38% | WHISTLE | 7 | The seven dwarfs do this while they work |
| 38% | ALL | 3 | There's no half measures about this when you're doing the laundry |
| 38% | DEFINE | 6 | Give an explanation when asked "What's the meaning of this?" |
| 37% | REPORTED | 8 | Gave the news |
| 36% | PERFECTSCORES | 13 | What composers do when they add the finishing touches? |
| 36% | INTERFERE | 9 | When waves interact they do this; meddle |
| 35% | TOURS | 5 | What bands do when they're on the road |
| 34% | HUMONTHERANGE | 13 | What cowboys do when they can't remember the lyrics? |
| 34% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | The Constitution State ... or, when parsed differently, what you gradually do with this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 34% | JOHN | 4 | In 1912, 24,587 new male babies in the US were given this first name |
| 34% | UPDATED | 7 | Gave the latest news |
| 33% | IMPS | 4 | They give sitters the jitters |
| 33% | SANITIZE | 8 | For hygiene, soaking the tools does this to them |
| 33% | STRIKERS | 8 | Workers become these when they walk picket lines |
| 33% | DEFECTED | 8 | Benedict Arnold did this when he turned traitor |
| 33% | DRS | 3 | They give you the treatment: Abbr. |
| 33% | MIMES | 5 | They give people the silent treatment? |
| 33% | REPAPER | 7 | Give the walls a new look |
| 33% | PAINTS | 6 | Gives the house a new coat |
| 32% | COMBAT | 6 | RPG heroes engage in this when they fight monsters |
| 32% | MIGRATE | 7 | Birds do this when seasons change, south or north |
| 32% | ECHOES | 6 | A voice does this when yelling in a cave |
| 32% | WILTS | 5 | A plant does this when limp due to heat |
| 32% | REPORTS | 7 | Does the news |