| 100% | MAKESDO | 7 | Manages with what one has |
| 100% | MAKEDO | 6 | Manage with what one has |
| 72% | MAKESDO | 7 | Muddles through with what one has |
| 70% | MAKESDO | 7 | Gets by with what one has: 2 wds. |
| 56% | MAKEDO | 6 | Manage with what's available |
| 56% | MAKEDO | 6 | Manage with what is available |
| 54% | REAP | 4 | Collect what one has sown |
| 53% | MAKEDO | 6 | Manage with what's at hand: 2 wds. |
| 53% | DIET | 4 | Tied up with what one eats |
| 52% | NONE | 4 | What one little piggy had |
| 52% | NONE | 4 | What one little piggie had |
| 52% | NONE | 4 | What one little pig had |
| 51% | UNLEARNS | 8 | Chooses to forget what one has been taught |
| 51% | CLEANSLATE | 10 | What one might start over with |
| 51% | DIP | 3 | What one enjoys with nachos, say |
| 51% | OPENARMS | 8 | What one might be welcomed with |
| 51% | SUMWRESTLER | 11 | One having trouble with basic arithmetic? |
| 50% | AIRS | 4 | What one does with grievances on Festivus |
| 50% | GAS | 3 | What one cooks with when making progress |
| 50% | INSURANCECLAIM | 14 | What one with a bent fender files |
| 49% | PRACTICE | 8 | What one should do with what he preaches |
| 49% | GOLDENYEAR | 10 | What one with a small nest egg enjoys? |
| 49% | THELUXURYOFTIME | 15 | What one doesn't have in an emergency |
| 49% | MOMENTUM | 8 | What one on a winning streak may have |
| 49% | ARABIC | 6 | A crab managed with one tongue |
| 49% | TOOLSOFTHETRADE | 15 | Objects needed for pursuing one’s occupation . . . and what 17-, 25-, and 43-Across have with them at all times |
| 48% | CHILDLIKEWONDER | 15 | What one might look at the night sky with |
| 48% | PLANTS | 6 | What one is scared of if they have botanophobia |
| 48% | STRING | 6 | What one is scared of if they have linonophobia |
| 48% | ESSAY | 5 | What one may have to write for a college application |