| 100% | EMESIS | 6 | Something those with mal de mer are subject to doing at sea, technically speaking |
| 31% | TASK | 4 | Something that needs to be done |
| 31% | NAVAL | 5 | To do with the military at sea |
| 30% | BIBLICAL | 8 | Something that has to do with the Good Book |
| 30% | CINCH | 5 | Something that is easy to do |
| 29% | TROT | 4 | Something that all the other runners appear to do, when racing with Usain |
| 29% | ORAL | 4 | Something that is spoken, also the kind of hygiene dentists would be concerned with |
| 29% | SEED | 4 | The Coco de mer is the world's largest one of these at up to 55 lb |
| 28% | SNEEZE | 6 | Something that's impossible to do with one's eyes open, per an urban legend |
| 28% | TALENT | 6 | Ability that allows you to be better at something |
| 28% | BALK | 4 | Hesitate to do something, with "at" |
| 27% | REDO | 4 | Having to repeat something that has already been done |
| 26% | ORAL | 4 | Something that is spoken |
| 26% | LOVE | 4 | "What's ___ Got to Do with It," 1984 song by Tina Turner that was number one on Billboard Hot 100 |
| 26% | BAT | 3 | Something to do at home? |
| 26% | EVIL | 4 | Necessary ___ (something unpleasant that has to be done) |
| 26% | SKI | 3 | Something to do at 77-Across |
| 26% | STUDY | 5 | Something to do at a library |
| 26% | UTTERANCE | 9 | Something that is spoken or said |
| 26% | NEST | 4 | Something that Matryoshka dolls will do |
| 26% | VOLUNTARY | 9 | Something that is done by choice |
| 26% | LOAN | 4 | Something that needs to be repaid |
| 26% | BURDEN | 6 | Something that is difficult to bear |
| 25% | EVIL | 4 | Necessary ___ (something unpleasant that still needs to be done) |
| 25% | NIM | 3 | ___ Chimpsky, the chimp that was studied in the '70s at Columbia for his ability to speak in ASL |
| 25% | ASEA | 4 | At sea; Carrying vessel was ___ to USA |
| 25% | DRAPE | 5 | Something that may be drawn at night |
| 25% | COMB | 4 | Something that’s easy to part with? |
| 25% | PERMIT | 6 | Being allowed to do something, like fishing |
| 25% | DEED | 4 | Something that is done, performed, or accomplished |