100% | WRITE | 5 | Mesopotamians used clay and a wedge to do this |
46% | WINDSURF | 8 | Use a board with a sail to do this |
44% | KISSED | 6 | Katy Perry did this to a girl and enjoyed herself |
43% | TONGS | 5 | Use these to pinch and flip meat on a grill |
40% | RESOLD | 6 | A used car salesman did this to a car |
40% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
39% | SWAT | 4 | Do this to a fly |
39% | REVERSECOURSE | 13 | Do the opposite, and a punny hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
38% | AGAIN | 5 | "We have to do this a second time?" |
38% | PAYTHEBILLS | 11 | Make ends meet, and a hint to what four answers in this puzzle do |
38% | FUSSES | 6 | Makes a to-do about this and that |
37% | PUTITDOWN | 9 | It's hard to do this to a good book |
37% | CIRCLEBACK | 10 | Return to a subject in conversation, and what this puzzle's author did to make the examples stand out |
37% | OPENEDIT | 8 | Pandora did this to a box |
37% | UNLIKE | 6 | Do this to a Facebook post to express disapproval |
37% | ANTE | 4 | Do this if you want to get a hand |
37% | COMPLAIN | 8 | Do this to a manager when things go wrong |
36% | SIFT | 4 | Do this to flour before adding it to a recipe |
36% | COOK | 4 | A fraudster might do this to the books |
36% | MANAGES | 7 | A financial adviser does this to a portfolio |
36% | STAINEDINSTEAD | 14 | What was done to the back deck this time after the fiasco a few years ago with the paint and the raccoon? |
36% | TBIRD | 5 | Classic car ... and a hint to the hidden image you can draw using 21 identical squares in this grid |
36% | ARRAIGNS | 8 | Judge does this to a defendant to get started |
36% | STRETCH | 7 | Runners do this before a race to elongate muscles |
36% | BORROW | 6 | Neighbors may do this to a cup of sugar |
35% | DURESS | 6 | Pressure to do something, sometimes used as a legal defense |
35% | JUSTWATCHME | 11 | "I'm doing this no matter what..." (and a hint to assembling pieces of 17-, 29-, 35- and 43-Across) |
35% | SAY | 3 | *"___ we do this ..." a casual way to introduce an idea |
35% | SLEEP | 5 | Koalas do this for up to 20 hours a day |
35% | TURNCOAT | 8 | Traitor, and a literal hint to this puzzle's circles |