| 100% | AWOKE | 5 | Slammed one's hand down on the alarm, say |
| 53% | SWEAR | 5 | Say with one's hand on the Bible |
| 48% | LYING | 5 | ___ down on the job (neglecting one's responsibilities) |
| 48% | LIE | 3 | ___ down on the job (shirk one's duties) |
| 46% | INACAST | 7 | On the mend, say, as one's arm |
| 45% | BEG | 3 | Get down on one's knees, say |
| 45% | SIGNS | 5 | Touches one's chin and moves the hand down to say "Thank you," for example |
| 43% | REST | 4 | Lie down on the sofa, say |
| 42% | IDO | 3 | Words uttered with one's hand on the Bible |
| 42% | SLID | 4 | Lost one's footing on the 24-Across, say |
| 42% | SWORE | 5 | Said with one's hand on a stack of Bibles |
| 41% | ATSIX | 5 | When one hand's up and the other's down |
| 41% | PROPOSE | 7 | Get down on one knee, say |
| 41% | TILER | 5 | One laying down on the job? |
| 41% | TALL | 4 | Bumping one's head on the ceiling, say |
| 41% | SLIP | 4 | Lose one's footing on the ice, say |
| 41% | GOALIE | 6 | One who plays games on the net, say |
| 40% | SNOB | 4 | One looking down on the "little people" |
| 40% | APE | 3 | One step down on the evolutionary scale |
| 40% | FINGERS | 7 | Found on the hands, kids have sticky ones |
| 39% | PROPOSE | 7 | Get down on one knee and pop the question |
| 39% | SASSY | 5 | One to say "talk to the hand!" |
| 39% | HIKER | 5 | One on the Pacific Crest Trail, say |
| 39% | LATECOMER | 9 | One jumping on the bandwagon, say |
| 39% | WEEDERS | 7 | Ones on hands and knees in the garden |
| 39% | END | 3 | Bring down the curtain on, say |
| 39% | STOMP | 5 | Slam one's foot down |
| 38% | KOAN | 4 | What is the sound of one hand clapping?, say |
| 38% | PRIEST | 6 | One who practices the laying on of hands, maybe |
| 38% | NEEDY | 5 | Down on one's luck |