| 100% | CLUED | 5 | Ready to submit to the puzzle editor, say |
| 45% | SMILES | 6 | Gets ready for the picture to be taken, say |
| 44% | STBERNARD | 9 | French abbot thought to have originated the saying depicted symbolically in this puzzle |
| 44% | SUITSUP | 7 | Gets ready for the big game ... and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 42% | UPLOADS | 7 | Puts on a server, say ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 42% | FIVETIMESFAST | 13 | Hard way to say the answers to the starred clues in this puzzle (good luck!) |
| 42% | FILE | 4 | Submit to the IRS |
| 42% | CROWDSOURCE | 11 | Submit to the masses? |
| 42% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Saying about compatible partners … as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 42% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 41% | WET | 3 | Ready to go through the wringer |
| 41% | RIPE | 4 | Ready to pick from the garden |
| 41% | DONE | 4 | Ready to come off the stove |
| 41% | FINALDRAFT | 10 | Manuscript ready to submit |
| 41% | ASIDE | 5 | To the right, say |
| 40% | EYES | 4 | The windows to the soul, they say |
| 40% | THAWED | 6 | Ready to put in the oven, perhaps |
| 40% | INONTIME | 8 | Submitted by the deadline, say |
| 40% | PICTUREIT | 9 | Tip to solving this puzzle (with the key parts to be said out loud) |
| 40% | SEAWORTHY | 9 | Rate showy construction as ready to take to the waters |
| 40% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 40% | MALCOLM | 7 | Who said "If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary" |
| 40% | FUEL | 4 | Fellow to turn to the Spanish petrol, say |
| 40% | ISIN | 4 | Says yes to the gang, say |
| 39% | HOT | 3 | Key to the puzzle's theme |
| 39% | PAY | 3 | Submit to blackmail, say |
| 39% | SOREAT | 6 | Ready to attack, say |
| 39% | BOXEDUP | 7 | Ready to ship, say |
| 39% | ONSET | 5 | Ready to act, say |
| 39% | SEALED | 6 | Ready to mail, say |