| 100% | SNORE | 5 | One way to keep a mate awake in the bedroom |
| 48% | BAIL | 4 | One way to keep a boat afloat |
| 47% | EDGEWISE | 8 | One way to get a word in ... and an aural hint to a feature of the starred clues' answers |
| 44% | FEETFIRST | 9 | One way to jump in a pool |
| 44% | EDGEWISE | 8 | One way to get a word in |
| 44% | MANSPREADS | 10 | Crowds one's seatmates, in a way ... or a hint to the circled letters |
| 44% | ELEVATOR | 8 | One way to get up in the world? |
| 44% | ELEVATOR | 8 | One way to get up in the world |
| 44% | ACT | 3 | One way to enjoy being in a cast |
| 44% | EARLY | 5 | One way to vote in a presidential election |
| 44% | TBAR | 4 | One way to the top of a mountain |
| 43% | EMOJI | 5 | One way to express feeling in a text message |
| 43% | HEADOVERHEELS | 13 | **One way to fall in love ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | CYT | 3 | One way to abbreviate "see you tomorrow" in a text |
| 41% | TOETAP | 6 | Keep the beat, in a way |
| 41% | CLAP | 4 | Keep the beat, in a way |
| 41% | DRUMMED | 7 | Kept the beat, in a way |
| 41% | CROSSCOUNTRY | 12 | One way to run ... or a hint to four geographical intersections found in this grid |
| 41% | CHEMLAB | 7 | Place to find the solution for a test, in more ways than one, informally |
| 40% | SADIST | 6 | One inclined to be a pain in the ass? |
| 40% | CCING | 5 | Keeping in the loop, in a way |
| 40% | CCS | 3 | Keeps in the loop, in a way |
| 40% | CCED | 4 | Kept in the loop, in a way |
| 40% | BCCD | 4 | Kept in the loop, in a way |
| 40% | BCCED | 5 | Kept in the loop, in a way |
| 40% | NEURALLY | 8 | In a way relating to the brain |
| 40% | OFFTHEAIRCONDITIONER | 20 | Trying to keep cool in a more eco-friendly way? |
| 40% | BCC | 3 | Keep in the loop secretly, in a way |
| 40% | RECYCLE | 7 | Keep out of the landfill, in a way |
| 39% | SHUDDER | 7 | React to the cold, in a way |