| 100% | DUMMYING | 8 | Preparing, as a layout, with "up" |
| 62% | SOP | 3 | ___ up (absorb, as with a sponge) |
| 60% | AIM | 3 | Prepare to fire, as with a bow and arrow |
| 60% | SILTED | 6 | Blocked, as a harbor, with "up" |
| 60% | SIZES | 5 | Assesses, as a situation, with "up" |
| 60% | CHALKS | 6 | Scores, as a victory, with "up" |
| 60% | TEED | 4 | Prepared for a drive, with “up” |
| 60% | AIMED | 5 | Prepared to shoot, as Cupid with a bow and arrow |
| 59% | ENLARGES | 8 | Blows up, as with a photo editor app |
| 58% | SYNC | 4 | Match up, as a phone with a computer |
| 58% | CRAB | 4 | Crustacean with claws, prepared as a seafood delicacy |
| 58% | UNREEL | 6 | The opposite of wind up, as with a fishing line |
| 57% | COSPLAY | 7 | Dressing up as a fictional character with others |
| 57% | ROSINS | 6 | Prepares a bow, with "up" |
| 56% | FURL | 4 | Roll up, as a flag (rhymes with "curl") |
| 56% | HATCH | 5 | Come up with, as a scheme |
| 56% | ATLANTICCITY | 12 | 1980 film featuring Burt Lancaster as a former gangster mixed up with cocaine sellers: 2 wds. |
| 55% | BAITS | 5 | Prepares with a worm, as a hook |
| 54% | CARB | 4 | Prepare for a marathon, say, with "up" |
| 54% | GASSED | 6 | Prepared for a long drive, with "up" |
| 54% | BLOAT | 5 | Swell up, as a belly full of food (rhymes with "float") |
| 54% | MAXES | 5 | Completely uses up, as a credit card, with "out" |
| 53% | REJOIN | 6 | Meet up with again, as a group |
| 53% | PADDED | 6 | Fluffed up with fibs, as a resume |
| 53% | MIXES | 5 | As a grasshopper prepares |
| 52% | DVORAK | 6 | Layout with a PYFGCRL line |
| 52% | BAITING | 7 | Preparing, as a hook |
| 52% | PRIMING | 7 | Preparing, as a pump |
| 52% | DRESS | 5 | Prepare, as a turkey |
| 52% | BAIT | 4 | Prepare, as a hook |