| 100% | DICTATE | 7 | To give instructions with authority |
| 54% | CUEIN | 5 | Give instructions to |
| 51% | ALITTLE | 7 | With 108-Across, instruction given to a barber, or how the answers to the starred clues were literally formed |
| 50% | DIRECT | 6 | Give instructions where to go, place something |
| 50% | EMPOWER | 7 | Give authority to |
| 49% | SUBMIT | 6 | To give power over to an authority figure |
| 49% | EMPOWER | 7 | Give official authority to |
| 49% | EDIFY | 5 | Give moral instruction to |
| 48% | LOAN | 4 | To give, with an expectation of being returned with interest |
| 48% | CEDE | 4 | To give up possession of something, with territory for example |
| 48% | GLARE | 5 | To give someone a long, disapproving look (rhymes with "snare") |
| 47% | GLOSS | 5 | Give short shrift to, with "over" |
| 47% | ARCO | 4 | Instruction to play with the bow |
| 46% | ORDAINS | 7 | Gives someone authority to be a priest |
| 46% | PSYCHS | 6 | Gives a pep talk to, with "up" |
| 46% | NARRATE | 7 | To give a spoken or written account of something, as with books |
| 45% | CEDE | 4 | To relinquish or give up, as with territory |
| 45% | MARCEL | 6 | Give waves to with a curling iron, once |
| 45% | RECEIVED | 8 | To have been given or presented with something |
| 45% | PER | 3 | "As ___ the instructions given..." (according to) |
| 45% | NEEDLE | 6 | Item used to give a shot with; adds to a syringe |
| 45% | COLLEGNO | 8 | Instruction to hit violin strings with wood of bow |
| 43% | VIDEOOF | 7 | With 39-Across, 2012 honor given to 11-Down: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ISRAEL | 6 | Name given to Jacob after he wrestled with the angel |
| 42% | ALLIGATOR | 9 | Reptile with 74 to 80 teeth at a given time |
| 41% | GREENLIGHT | 10 | Give permission to go ahead with |
| 41% | OBEDIENT | 8 | Dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority |
| 41% | WHITEHOUSE | 10 | With 50 Across, to whom Tom Hanks gave a 39 Across in 2017 |
| 41% | CAVED | 5 | Gave in to persuasion (rhymes with "raved") |
| 40% | CUTONBOLDLINES | 14 | First step of instructions for what to do with this finished puzzle |