| 100% | EARWAX | 6 | Sometimes it has to be syringed out with water |
| 48% | ANTE | 4 | You have to be upfront with it |
| 45% | INFLATABLEPOOL | 14 | Item that has to be blown up before being filled with water |
| 43% | BURNINGQUESTION | 15 | It has to be asked |
| 41% | SMUCKERS | 8 | "With a name like ___ it has to be good" jelly brand |
| 41% | WHOELSE | 7 | "Didn't it have to be me?" |
| 41% | CHECK | 5 | It has to be endorsed before it can be deposited |
| 41% | AMANA | 5 | "Built better than it has to be" sloganeer |
| 41% | DID | 3 | "Why ___ It Have To Be Me?" (ABBA tune) |
| 40% | MAEWEST | 7 | Actress and writer whose autobiography is titled “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It” |
| 39% | INDY | 4 | Character who says, "Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?" |
| 38% | TSA | 3 | It has to deal with a lot of baggage, for short |
| 38% | TAG | 3 | It has a price to be paid |
| 38% | ASPS | 4 | The snakes in the movie line "Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?" |
| 37% | RUDE | 4 | "You don't have to be a jerk about it!" |
| 37% | PITCH | 5 | It has the potential to be a hit |
| 37% | EGG | 3 | Something that has to be broken before it can be used |
| 37% | ISLE | 4 | It lies out with water all around |
| 37% | SORENESS | 8 | Curlers may have to deal with it |
| 37% | ALLEGE | 6 | Claim to be having beer with member |
| 37% | SNAKES | 6 | "Why did it have to be ___?" (Indiana Jones's reaction to a pit full of reptiles) |
| 37% | KAHN | 4 | "It Had to Be You" lyricist |
| 37% | HOCKEYGAME | 10 | It will sometimes have icing |
| 37% | BRITA | 5 | With 73-Across, insert for some water pitchers, or what has been used row-by-row on the answers to the starred clues? |
| 36% | DOI | 3 | "___ have to spell it out for you?": 2 wds. |
| 36% | SEEN | 4 | "It has to be ___ to be believed" |
| 36% | SEEN | 4 | "It has to be ___ to be believed." |
| 36% | SEEN | 4 | “It has to be ___ to be believed!” |
| 36% | IMDUE | 5 | "It has to be my turn soon" |
| 36% | ISHAM | 5 | "It Had to Be You" composer ___ Jones |