| 100% | MANPOWER | 8 | Number of workers needed to do something |
| 54% | STIR | 4 | Go ___-crazy (really need to do something) |
| 51% | ONE | 3 | Number of players needed to play solitaire |
| 51% | TWO | 3 | Number of players needed to play checkers |
| 51% | TWO | 3 | Number of people needed to play chess |
| 51% | ONE | 3 | Number of players needed to play Minesweeper |
| 51% | ONE | 3 | Number of players needed to play Klondike |
| 50% | TWO | 3 | Number of people needed to use a seesaw |
| 50% | TWO | 3 | Number of people needed to work a seesaw |
| 50% | TRE | 3 | Number of puppeteers needed to manipulate Topo Gigio |
| 50% | TWO | 3 | Number of people needed to use a teeter-totter |
| 49% | PAY | 3 | What you need to do when buying something |
| 48% | VOLUNTEER | 9 | Offer to do something of one's free will |
| 48% | SIN | 3 | Do something you need to atone for |
| 46% | SPELL | 5 | Something you need to do to solve crosswords |
| 45% | LOSESLEEP | 9 | What not to do over something out of your control |
| 44% | DIAGRAMS | 8 | Pictures of how to do something |
| 44% | EAGERNESS | 9 | Feeling of excitement to do something |
| 44% | TASK | 4 | Something that needs to be done |
| 44% | STOP | 4 | Something to do in the name of love? (6) |
| 42% | PRIME | 5 | Type of number; done to hand pumps before use |
| 42% | METHOD | 6 | Way of doing something, steps to follow |
| 42% | EAT | 3 | Something you need to do at least twice a day to continue to live |
| 42% | TWO | 3 | Number of times you'll need to read the starred clues to make sense of their answers |
| 42% | PLAYINGWITHFIRE | 15 | Doing something risky ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 24-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 41% | SLEEP | 5 | Something that crossword constructors working to deadlines are often in dire need of |
| 41% | GASUP | 5 | Something you don't need to do in a Chevy Volt |
| 41% | HIDE | 4 | Keep out of sight ... and something you'd do to 5d |
| 41% | ENABLES | 7 | Makes possible for someone to do something |
| 41% | PENCHANT | 8 | A predilection or tendency to do something |