| 100% | CODIFY | 6 | To make a concept into a written law |
| 52% | ACCT | 4 | What to make a dep. into |
| 50% | CHALK | 5 | Writing implement needed to make a hopscotch grid |
| 50% | ENACT | 5 | Make into a law |
| 50% | DAYJOB | 6 | Don't give up this to make a hobby into business |
| 49% | PEN | 3 | Writing tool that you would use to make a mandala |
| 49% | INK | 3 | Writing fluid that you would use to make a mandala |
| 49% | EDIT | 4 | Make revisions to a written draft |
| 48% | AMEND | 5 | Make minor changes to a rule or law |
| 47% | AMEND | 5 | Make changes to, as a law |
| 47% | AMENDS | 6 | Makes changes to, as a law |
| 46% | PLANCHET | 8 | Metal disk to be made into a coin |
| 45% | ENGRAVING | 9 | Cutting lines into a metal plate to make a print |
| 45% | WISH | 4 | Something to make when tossing a coin into a fountain |
| 44% | REGULATES | 9 | Brings into balance; makes laws to control |
| 43% | VETO | 4 | Refuse to sign into law, as a governor might |
| 43% | SCAN | 4 | Make a document into a PDF, say |
| 43% | ADAPTS | 6 | Makes a musical into a movie, say |
| 43% | SQUARES | 7 | Makes a thousand into a million, say |
| 43% | PASTE | 5 | To pound something into a very smooth form, often used for recipes in making a curry |
| 42% | STARDUST | 8 | 1999 fantasy novel written by 18-Across, later made into a Claire Danes movie |
| 42% | WELL | 4 | Wishing ___, throw a coin into this water source to make your wish come true |
| 42% | CORALINE | 8 | 2002 fantasy-horror novella written by 18-Across, later made into a stop-motion movie |
| 42% | GRASP | 5 | To understand a concept |
| 42% | OPT | 3 | To make a choice |
| 41% | CONGEAL | 7 | To turn a liquid into a substance resembling jelly |
| 41% | SCREWUP | 7 | To make a mess, create a problem |
| 41% | SAWED | 5 | Made a log into planks |
| 41% | ENLARGE | 7 | To make a photo bigger |
| 41% | GRETATHUNBERG | 13 | Swedish environmental activist who wrote "No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference" and who turns 18 today (2 wds.) |