| 100% | ETA | 3 | The amount of waiting you have to do until a flight lands: Abbr. |
| 47% | WORKLOAD | 8 | The amount of labor a person has to do |
| 44% | RAISELOADSOFASH | 15 | What you have to do if you want to make a serious bid for king of the forest? |
| 38% | ERG | 3 | About the amount of work a housefly takes to do a push-up |
| 37% | TAKEITDOWNANOTCH | 16 | Reduce one’s excitement slightly ... or what you have to do to the final letter of five long answers in this puzzle? |
| 36% | LIKABLE | 7 | Having the qualities of someone you might want to get a beer with, say |
| 35% | LOVELETTERS | 11 | What you have to do to be a crossword fan? |
| 34% | EVADES | 6 | Gives the slip to the good guys, much like Joaquin Guzman has done a couple of times |
| 33% | TIDAL | 5 | Having to do with the rise and fall of the sea |
| 33% | CABIN | 5 | You have a destination in mind? Perfect! Let's pick a place to stay! (1/5) Cozy house in the woods often made of logs |
| 33% | CORKSCREW | 9 | Handy if you have to open a bottle of wine |
| 33% | LOSESATURN | 10 | Has to wait until the next round, say |
| 33% | CONVERTTOMETRIC | 15 | What you have to do to interpret the answers to 16-, 25- and 40-Across |
| 33% | MEGANCAVANAGH | 13 | Actress who sang "It Had to Be You" in a memorable bar scene in the 1992 film "A League of Their Own" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ESSAY | 5 | ___ test (exam where students have to do a lot of writing) |
| 33% | STOP | 4 | (2/6) "Once you're done, you press the ___ button that has a tiny square on it, to finish recording." |
| 32% | WALKTHEBEET | 11 | What you have to do twice a day with your pet Beta vulgaris, maybe? |
| 32% | VEER | 4 | What you'll have to do when the load of watermelons spills out of the truck traveling in front of you |
| 32% | ETA | 3 | When a flight is due to land: Abbr. |
| 32% | EXPOSURE | 8 | The amount of light that gets to a piece of film |
| 32% | OBLIGE | 6 | To do as someone asks of you as a way of helping |
| 31% | ASK | 3 | "I sort of hate to ___ it, but do you have a basket?" (rhyming question from Little Red in "Into the Woods") |
| 31% | ELSA | 4 | The "you" of "Do You Want To Build a Snowman?" |
| 31% | VOLLEY | 6 | "They had to face a ___ of questions from the media." |
| 31% | DROPINS | 7 | Unexpected guests, and what you'll have to do to make sense of the starred answers |
| 31% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 31% | YOUSWEAR | 8 | Something done on a stack of Bibles or in response to someone stealing the cheesecake you were going to eat for breakfast |
| 31% | PIECE | 5 | *Fall Humor* What did the angry pie say to the plate? "You want a ___ of me?" |
| 31% | ROOF | 4 | Now you know what to look for, but where is it? (1/5) Did it fall out when Santa landed on the ___ of the house? |
| 31% | WATERSKI | 8 | What to do when you're at the end of your rope? |