| 100% | ONTASK | 6 | Paying attention to what needs to be done |
| 69% | ONIT | 4 | Doing what needs to be done |
| 60% | RAPT | 4 | "He paid ___ attention to what she was saying" (Rhymes with "trapped") |
| 59% | CROSSTHETS | 10 | Pay attention to detail ... and, homophonically, what three pairs of puzzle answers do |
| 58% | OVER | 4 | (5/6) The issue has been diagnosed. With 46d, find out what needs to be done to fix the car! |
| 58% | DRYOFF | 6 | What a bath towel is needed to do: 2 wds. |
| 56% | LOOKATME | 8 | "Pay attention to what I'm doing!": 3 wds. |
| 55% | URGENT | 6 | Needing to be done ASAP |
| 55% | URGENT | 6 | Needing to be done immediately |
| 53% | TASK | 4 | Something that needs to be done |
| 53% | ISDUE | 5 | Needs to be paid |
| 53% | CAMEDUE | 7 | Needed to be paid |
| 53% | DUE | 3 | Needing to be paid |
| 52% | AGENDA | 6 | What is to be done? |
| 52% | DUE | 3 | What's to be paid |
| 52% | VIOLIN | 6 | "A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a ___; what else does a man need to be happy?": Albert Einstein |
| 52% | AGILE | 5 | What an acrobat needs to be |
| 52% | AGILE | 5 | What free climbers need to be |
| 52% | SOREBACK | 8 | What may need to be kneaded |
| 52% | HOW | 3 | What beginners need to be shown |
| 51% | EVIL | 4 | Necessary ___ (something unpleasant that still needs to be done) |
| 51% | CARE | 4 | Pay attention to, while someone is sick or injured |
| 51% | DUE | 3 | Needing to be paid, like a bill |
| 51% | DUE | 3 | Needing to be paid, like an invoice |
| 51% | IMITATE | 7 | To copy what someone else is doing |
| 51% | LSAT | 4 | What needs to be passed on the way to the bar, briefly? |
| 50% | RENT | 4 | What's to be paid to a landlord |
| 50% | REKEYED | 7 | What lost computer data may need to be |
| 50% | CLAP | 4 | What an audience will do to show appreciation |
| 50% | WASHINGUP | 9 | Involves a sink and needs to be done after a meal |