| 100% | SIFT | 4 | Shake to remove the lumps |
| 57% | UNWRAP | 6 | To remove the packaging |
| 54% | DEVEIN | 6 | To remove the black filament from prawns |
| 52% | EJECT | 5 | DVD player button to remove the disc |
| 52% | UNTIE | 5 | Remove the ties to something |
| 51% | DECLAW | 6 | To remove the nails from the paws of a cat |
| 51% | CANOPENER | 9 | Gadget to remove the lid on a tin |
| 50% | DELE | 4 | Editor's mark to remove the text, for short |
| 50% | CORER | 5 | Tool used to remove the center of a pineapple |
| 50% | MARACAS | 7 | Ones shaking to the music? |
| 48% | GROOVED | 7 | Shook it to the beat |
| 48% | OPERATION | 9 | Game where you might try to remove the Funny Bone with tweezers |
| 46% | EJECT | 5 | Button you press to remove a CD from the player |
| 44% | DONE | 4 | Ready to be removed from the oven |
| 44% | EVICT | 5 | The victor gets to remove |
| 44% | TEARDOWN | 8 | Remove, as the wall in Reagan's demand to Gorbachev |
| 43% | SHIVER | 6 | To shake uncontrollably from the cold |
| 43% | DELE | 4 | Editor's mark to remove a certain part of the text, for short |
| 43% | FDA | 3 | Org. that caused Endo International to remove Opana ER from the US market |
| 43% | COALFACE | 8 | Surface being worked to remove bituminous lumps |
| 43% | DELE | 4 | Marking indicating something to be removed from the text |
| 41% | MET | 3 | Shook hands with (a hint to the first words of the starred clues) |
| 41% | SORE | 4 | ___ loser (one who might refuse to shake the winner's hand) |
| 40% | FOREIGNLANGUAGE | 15 | What's left when you remove the first and last letters of the answers to starred clues |
| 40% | BEDELIA | 7 | Fictional Amelia who, when asked to remove spots from a dress, cut out all the polka dots |
| 40% | DOFF | 4 | Remove, as clothing ... and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 39% | MCJOB | 5 | Term that McDonald's campaigned to have removed from the Oxford English Dictionary |
| 39% | NEWWORLDORDER | 13 | Shake-up in the global balance of power ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| 38% | TAG | 3 | "This ___ not to be removed except by the consumer" (warning attached to a mattress) |
| 38% | DELETE | 6 | To remove digitally |