| 100% | CPR | 3 | Procedure done at a hundred to a hundred and twenty b.p.m. |
| 39% | ASIA | 4 | Home to every building taller than a hundred and twenty floors |
| 37% | SKMIPLSSTNONTES | 15 | *Makes splashes at the shore ... and what each answer to a starred clue does |
| 37% | NYSE | 4 | Where a bell is rung M-F at 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. |
| 36% | DROPCAP | 7 | Large letter at the beginning of a paragraph, and what you must do to make sense of each starred answer |
| 35% | DECIDE | 6 | What to do at a crossroads |
| 35% | STUDY | 5 | Something to do at a library |
| 35% | DECIDE | 6 | What to do at a turning point |
| 35% | SKATE | 5 | What to do at a roller rink |
| 35% | STOP | 4 | What to do at a red light |
| 34% | DONE | 4 | At a hundred and sixty-five degrees, for a turkey |
| 34% | ORDER | 5 | What to do at a drive-thru window |
| 34% | STOP | 4 | What to do at a red traffic light |
| 34% | PREMIERLEAGUE | 13 | Pro-sports association that’s broadcast to a hundred and eight-nine countries |
| 33% | KISSED | 6 | Katy Perry did this to a girl and enjoyed herself |
| 33% | BOTH | 4 | A and B, as opposed to A or B |
| 33% | TYPES | 5 | A, B, O, and AB, at a blood bank |
| 32% | DRDRE | 5 | “One, two, three and to the fo’ / Snoop Doggy Dogg and ___ is at the do’ ” (“Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” lyrics) |
| 32% | ALES | 4 | Alternatives to porters and stouts, at a bar |
| 32% | SPLITWOOD | 9 | Do a campground chore, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 32% | WRITE | 5 | Mesopotamians used clay and a wedge to do this |
| 32% | OPENINGBELL | 11 | 9:30 a.m. event at the NYSE, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 32% | NYSE | 4 | Where a bell rings at 9:30 A.M. and 4 P.M. daily, for short |
| 31% | BOIL | 4 | Heat a liquid to a temperature at which it bubbles and turns into vapor |
| 31% | JAMES | 5 | P D —, author of novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder |
| 31% | CUT | 3 | What you do to your hair at a barber shop |
| 31% | SHORTCHANGE | 11 | Cheat at checkout ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| 31% | GROUNDHOWLING | 13 | "I'm a bit leery of dogs - it's unsettling to enter a yard and hear some ___ at me ..." |
| 31% | TYPES | 5 | A, B and O, at the Red Cross |
| 31% | COCOONING | 9 | Doing dinner and a movie at home, say |