| 100% | CONCEAL | 7 | Keep from being seen, or what you'd do to 5d |
| 59% | MASK | 4 | Prop at a masquerade party, or what you'd do to 5d |
| 45% | HIDE | 4 | Keep out of sight ... and something you'd do to 5d |
| 45% | SPIT | 4 | What you might do to the juice from chewed tobacco |
| 45% | SOLVE | 5 | What you are trying to do |
| 44% | CLOAK | 5 | Garment similar to a cape, or something you'd do to 5d |
| 44% | PET | 3 | Furry friend, or what you might do to one |
| 43% | BLOW | 4 | What you'd do to your lit birthday candles |
| 43% | MAKEAWISH | 9 | What to do when you see … [see 23-, 37-, 39-, 48- and 60-Across] |
| 43% | CUTTHATOUT | 10 | "Stop!" ... or what you do to 18-, 24-, 40- and 54-Across |
| 43% | LOVELETTERS | 11 | What you have to do to be a crossword fan? |
| 42% | STOP | 4 | What to do when you see red |
| 42% | FRY | 3 | What you'd do to a potato to turn it to chips |
| 42% | SEE | 3 | With 46-Across, be angry ... or what you can do inside the answers to the six starred clues |
| 41% | PASSNOTES | 9 | Furtively communicate in class, or what you need to do seven times in this puzzle |
| 41% | ADD | 3 | What to do when you see a plus sign |
| 41% | AGITATE | 7 | What "singer" in seat next to you will do |
| 41% | WARRING | 7 | What Chinese states were doing from 475 to 221 BC |
| 41% | RRATED | 6 | What you'd expect horror films to be |
| 41% | INKY | 4 | What you'd expect a press to be |
| 41% | MAKEASCENE | 10 | Be disruptive, or what you can do with the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 40% | DROPMEALINE | 11 | "Don't be a stranger!" ... or what you have to do three times in this puzzle |
| 40% | RUNUPATAB | 9 | Accumulate charges … or what you must do to answer four clues in this puzzle |
| 40% | PUTTHESQUEEZEON | 15 | Coerce, or what can be done to 18-, 23-, 52-, and 58-Across |
| 40% | ADD | 3 | What to do when you see a plus sign in Math |
| 40% | LIE | 3 | What you'd be embarrassed to be called on |
| 40% | SPEND | 5 | What is done to money when you buy something |
| 40% | IDEAS | 5 | Thoughts or suggestions as to what should be done |
| 40% | BREAK | 5 | Intermission ... or what you can do to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 40% | TAKEOFF | 7 | Leave ... or what to do as you enter the answer to the previous clue |