| 100% | DESIGN | 6 | To plan something artistically and skillfully |
| 64% | DESIGN | 6 | To plan something artistically |
| 57% | PLOT | 4 | To plan and scheme something |
| 42% | CONSPIRE | 8 | To plan in secret to do something illegal |
| 41% | REPEAT | 6 | To say something again and again |
| 41% | SNATCH | 6 | To grab something quickly and suddenly |
| 41% | TEXT | 4 | Something to cut and paste |
| 40% | CHORUS | 6 | Something to sing over and over |
| 40% | BEAK | 4 | Something used to hunt and peck |
| 40% | INTEND | 6 | Plan to do something |
| 39% | PSYOP | 5 | Plan to win hearts and minds, maybe |
| 39% | SPAT | 4 | Something to kiss and make up after |
| 39% | CATTREE | 7 | Something to scratch, climb, and sleep on |
| 38% | SEW | 3 | To stitch something with a needle and thread |
| 38% | REDO | 4 | To completely start from scratch and complete something |
| 38% | INTERPRET | 9 | To examine and explain the meaning of something |
| 38% | CLASSTRIP | 9 | Opportunity to go and learn something |
| 38% | HOPING | 6 | Wishing and desiring something to happen |
| 38% | GMOPOPCORN | 10 | ... and something to eat while watching the remakes |
| 37% | ELOPE | 5 | What Romeo and Juliet plan to do |
| 37% | THEORY | 6 | An idea to explain and understand something |
| 37% | BEELINE | 7 | Fastest and most direct path to something |
| 37% | THEGAP | 6 | Something to mind ... in 18-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 37% | BEG | 3 | Drop to knees and beseech someone for something |
| 36% | SATUP | 5 | "___ and took notice" (suddenly pay attention to something): 2 wds. |
| 36% | GREED | 5 | Unhealthy desire to have more and more of something |
| 36% | ELOPE | 5 | What Romeo and Juliet planned to do in Mantua |
| 36% | VEIL | 4 | Something a bride might wear, and something you'd do to 5d |
| 35% | SADSONG | 7 | Something to take and "make it better," in the Beatles' "Hey Jude" |
| 35% | WALLET | 6 | Something to put money, cards, and other items in |