| 100% | OUSTED | 6 | Removed so duet could be performed |
| 44% | ARIA | 4 | Something that can be performed da capo |
| 44% | ALOUD | 5 | So it could be heard |
| 43% | MAYBEYOURERIGHT | 15 | ''That could be so'' |
| 42% | LID | 3 | Cover that can be removed |
| 41% | ECG | 3 | Test that can be performed by an Apple Watch, for short |
| 41% | WAGGING | 7 | Tails can be seen performing this motion |
| 40% | LEGIBLE | 7 | Written so it can be read |
| 39% | ERASABLE | 8 | Like ink that can be removed from the page |
| 39% | TONSIL | 6 | Body part in the throat that can be removed |
| 39% | OUSTED | 6 | Old duets performed and removed |
| 39% | WEE | 3 | So small it can barely be seen |
| 39% | TATS | 4 | Skin designs that can be removed with lasers, for short |
| 38% | DOH | 3 | "How could I be so silly?!" |
| 38% | CPR | 3 | Medical technique that can be performed to the beat of the song "Stayin' Alive": Abbr. |
| 38% | EGO | 3 | One's head can be swollen with it, so to say |
| 38% | UNSPEAKABLE | 11 | So bad it can't be put into words |
| 37% | MESSIAH | 7 | A holy being that can perform miracles |
| 37% | TOTEARS | 7 | Bored __; something is so tedious you could cry |
| 37% | ENCODING | 8 | Converting data so it can be sent secretly |
| 37% | WEGETIT | 7 | "You can stop trying to be so obvious" |
| 36% | STAINED | 7 | Discolored with marks that can't easily be removed |
| 36% | INDELIBLE | 9 | Describes ink that can't be removed or altered |
| 36% | AMERICA | 7 | Stephen Colbert's "I Am ___ (And So Can You!)" |
| 36% | ALIVE | 5 | “Stayin’ ___” (disco hit that can be used as a timing aid when performing CPR) |
| 35% | SNERD | 5 | Mortimer who was asked "How can you be so stupid?" |
| 35% | UNPLAYABLELIE | 13 | Conspiracy theory so wild that it can't be aired? |
| 35% | COIN | 4 | With 55-Down, actions that can be performed nine times in this puzzle without affecting any of the clues? |
| 35% | FUMED | 5 | Were so mad you could almost see smoke coming out of their ears |
| 34% | MAC | 3 | "A ___ and cheese is something that can actually be so personal" (Porowski) |