| 100% | FAWN | 4 | Stag-to-be, perhaps |
| 87% | ONORDER | 7 | Soon to be delivered, perhaps |
| 87% | AIMED | 5 | About to be fired, perhaps |
| 87% | HID | 3 | Waited to be sought, perhaps |
| 87% | ACHED | 5 | Needed to be kneaded, perhaps |
| 87% | RELIC | 5 | Remain to be seen, perhaps? |
| 87% | SIGNED | 6 | Ready to be notarized, perhaps |
| 87% | IMPERSONATE | 11 | Pretend to be elvis, perhaps |
| 87% | ONTAP | 5 | Ready to be drawn, perhaps |
| 87% | KNEEL | 5 | Prepare to be knighted, perhaps |
| 85% | SPITED | 6 | Chose to be petty to, perhaps |
| 85% | TOOHOT | 6 | Not ready to be served, perhaps |
| 84% | CUTOFFS | 7 | Shorts that used to be jeans, perhaps |
| 82% | RIPE | 4 | Soon to be plucked from the plant, perhaps |
| 82% | SEESTARS | 8 | React to being hit on the head, perhaps |
| 82% | ASKIN | 5 | Be polite to a caller, perhaps |
| 82% | TRIPSTHEBREAKER | 15 | Is subject to an overload, perhaps |
| 81% | ABOIL | 5 | Ready for the pasta to be put in, perhaps |
| 76% | WANT | 4 | "I ___ you to be my Valentine..." (words in a romantic letter, perhaps) |
| 74% | ANNOY | 5 | What concert talker next to you will do, perhaps |
| 73% | RIVAL | 5 | What IBM is to Dell, perhaps |
| 73% | RSVP | 4 | Say you'll be able to make the party, perhaps |
| 69% | IRON | 4 | "Strike while the ___ is hot" (apt time to execute a plan, perhaps) |
| 68% | PETPROJECTS | 11 | Labors of love, perhaps, and what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 67% | RANLAPS | 7 | Made up for being late to practice, perhaps |
| 67% | FATE | 4 | Destiny, what is mapped out to happen, perhaps |
| 66% | ETRE | 4 | To be, abroad |
| 66% | ESSE | 4 | To be: Lat. |
| 66% | SER | 3 | To be: Sp. |
| 66% | NAMELY | 6 | To be specific |