| 100% | HIJACK | 6 | Take over, as a conversation … or an airplane |
| 51% | ASSUME | 6 | Take over, as a loan |
| 50% | HIJACK | 6 | Take over, as a plane in flight |
| 49% | USURP | 5 | Forcibly take over, as a throne |
| 48% | RELIEVE | 7 | Take over for, as a pitcher |
| 47% | ECONOMY | 7 | Low-cost, as an airplane seat or a rental car |
| 46% | BUYSOUT | 7 | Takes over the assets of, as a partner |
| 46% | SENDS | 5 | Transmits, as a text or an email |
| 46% | SPARK | 5 | Ignite, as a fire or an idea |
| 46% | WHET | 4 | Sharpen, as a blade or an appetite |
| 46% | WED | 3 | Take as a husband or wife |
| 45% | FLAP | 4 | Part of a tent or an airplane wing |
| 45% | ADOPT | 5 | Take in, as a pet or a child |
| 44% | WRITER | 6 | A scribe, such as an author or journalist |
| 44% | REFER | 5 | Look (to), as a dictionary or an encyclopedia |
| 43% | LIMB | 4 | A body part, such as an arm or leg |
| 43% | PARRY | 5 | Deflect, as an insult or a sword |
| 43% | DOT | 3 | Finish, as an "i" or a "j" |
| 43% | INANE | 5 | Silly or pointless, as a conversation |
| 42% | AREA | 4 | A real estate measure, such as an acre or hectare |
| 42% | AISLE | 5 | Division in a supermarket or on an airplane |
| 42% | ARACHNID | 8 | An invertebrate such as a spider or scorpion |
| 42% | MODEL | 5 | You can make one for an airplane, or find one on a runway |
| 42% | HIRE | 4 | Put in a position, as an editor or manager |
| 42% | SPRAINED | 8 | Wrenched a joint such as an ankle or wrist |
| 42% | WELLAIMED | 9 | On the mark, as an insult or a dart |
| 41% | MOVIETROPE | 10 | Common film device, such as a training montage or an enemies-to-lovers arc |
| 41% | HOLDONTOYOURHAT | 15 | "This may come as a shock," or an apt title for this puzzle |
| 41% | GOSIDEWAYS | 10 | Completely fall apart, as a deal, or an apt title for this puzzle? |
| 41% | ICEUP | 5 | Freeze over, as an airplane's wings: 2 wds. |