| 100% | AVOWS | 5 | Says with a hand in the air, perhaps |
| 85% | IDO | 3 | Words said with a hand in the air |
| 66% | OUT | 3 | It's said with a thumb in the air |
| 59% | SWEARS | 6 | Says with a hand up, perhaps |
| 54% | OHMY | 4 | Exclamation sometimes said with a hand over the mouth |
| 54% | JEST | 4 | It's said with a poke in the ribs |
| 53% | TOSS | 4 | Flip a coin in the air, say |
| 53% | LOB | 3 | Toss a ball in the air, say |
| 53% | SKYWRITER | 9 | One who scrawls words in the air with a plane |
| 52% | PRESTO | 6 | Word said with a wave of the hand |
| 52% | STIR | 4 | Mix in the sugar with a spoon, say |
| 51% | KITEFLYING | 10 | Windy-day playing with a toy in the air |
| 51% | MAAM | 4 | Title said with the tip of a hat, perhaps |
| 51% | SHAZAM | 6 | It may be said with the wave of a hand |
| 50% | SHOO | 4 | It's said with a wave of the hand |
| 49% | HALFREAD | 8 | Like a book with a bookmark in the middle, say |
| 48% | IDO | 3 | What a witness with a hand on the Bible says: 2 wds. |
| 48% | LOB | 3 | Throw a ball up in the air, say |
| 48% | DONT | 4 | Word said with a hand-slap |
| 47% | RING | 4 | Item seen in a post with the caption "She said yes!" |
| 47% | SWEARS | 6 | Says with a raised hand |
| 47% | STICKEMUP | 9 | "Hands in the air!" ... or a literal hint to 17-, 23-, 37- and 46-Across |
| 47% | SWEAR | 5 | Say with a raised hand |
| 47% | MAUL | 4 | Loose scrum formed around a rugby player with the ball in hand |
| 47% | STOP | 4 | It’s sometimes said with a hand up |
| 46% | PREGO | 5 | With a bun in the oven |
| 46% | OVERACT | 7 | "Saw the air too much with your hand," in Shakespeare's words |
| 46% | UNCLE | 5 | Word said with a hand behind one's back |
| 46% | NIP | 3 | ___ in the air (November chill, say) |
| 46% | ALOFT | 5 | Up in the air, say |