| 100% | RUTS | 4 | Routines that people may try to break out of |
| 65% | RUT | 3 | Pattern that a person might want to break out of |
| 45% | AGENT | 5 | One who might try to make a big deal out of everything |
| 45% | RUT | 3 | Boring routine that may be hard to break |
| 44% | JURYDUTY | 8 | Court obligation people try to get out of |
| 43% | ESCAPEROOM | 10 | Social activity that one tries to get out of? |
| 42% | SAND | 4 | ___ trap (area that golfers try to stay out of) |
| 41% | BLUEPOINTOYSTER | 15 | Something fished out of the Long Island Sound that might cause you to say "Aw, shucks!" |
| 41% | RUT | 3 | Tiring habit you want to break out of |
| 41% | OLDSCORE | 8 | What a bitter person might try to settle |
| 40% | BEGOFF | 6 | Try to get out of something |
| 40% | HIDE | 4 | Try to stay out of sight |
| 40% | STIGMATIC | 9 | Relating to marks of disgrace that people may bear |
| 40% | ANTHEM | 6 | Something that might get a rise out of people? |
| 39% | TAN | 3 | What a pale person might try to get at the beach |
| 38% | RIOT | 4 | Disturbance that cops may try to control |
| 38% | TEACUPS | 7 | People might drink oolong out of them |
| 38% | BAITS | 5 | Tries to get a rise out of |
| 38% | BAITING | 7 | Trying to get a rise out of |
| 37% | ESP | 3 | Ability that skeptics may try to debunk: Abbr. |
| 37% | SNEEZES | 7 | You may try to stop them from coming out in public |
| 37% | WAR | 3 | What's broken out of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 37% | STEPS | 5 | Exercise that you might try to get in daily |
| 37% | DAWN | 4 | Something that people like to see break |
| 37% | PRIDEPARADES | 12 | Events people might come out to celebrate |
| 37% | SPAM | 4 | Email you might try to filter out |
| 37% | ESCAPEROOM | 10 | Activity one tries to get out of? |
| 36% | CHOP | 4 | "___ Suey!" song by System of a Down that a chef might rock out to while stir-frying a delicious Chinese dish |
| 36% | TRYSTS | 6 | Getaways that people try to get away with |
| 36% | ATHOME | 6 | Where one trying to score may be out |