| 100% | ACTUATES | 8 | Transforms a signal into mechanical motion |
| 51% | ACTUATE | 7 | Convert a control signal into motion |
| 42% | CONVERT | 7 | Transform a loft into living space, for example |
| 41% | WAVE | 4 | Signal "hello" with a hand motion |
| 38% | SOFA | 4 | It might transform into a bed |
| 37% | BLUEFAIRY | 9 | She transformed Pinocchio into a real boy |
| 37% | ARACHNE | 7 | Weaver transformed into a spider by Athena |
| 37% | GIGANTA | 7 | This DC Comics villain transforms into a giantess |
| 37% | JAFAR | 5 | "Aladdin" villain who transforms into a giant cobra |
| 37% | PISTONENGINE | 12 | Device that converts pressure into a rotating motion |
| 37% | FACEPAINT | 9 | Makeup to transform a child into a tiger |
| 37% | DAPHNE | 6 | Nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree |
| 37% | VAMPIRE | 7 | Fictional creature that can transform into a bat |
| 36% | KAFKA | 5 | Novelist whose most famous protagonist transforms into a bug |
| 35% | FINALPLAN | 9 | A completed course of action to be put into motion: 2 wds. |
| 35% | TOP | 3 | Age-old toy that is set into a spinning motion |
| 35% | MORPH | 5 | Transform an image into a different one using computer technology |
| 35% | KOI | 3 | Fish that can transform into a dragon, per Japanese legend |
| 35% | PUMPKIN | 7 | *Halloween vegetable that was transformed into a carriage for 19a |
| 35% | BEERGUT | 7 | What a six-pack transforms into after too many six packs |
| 34% | BETADECAY | 9 | Process that may transform a neutron into a proton |
| 34% | RED | 3 | "Turning ___" (2022 Pixar film about a girl who transforms into a panda) |
| 33% | RED | 3 | "Turning ___" (2022 Pixar film about a girl who goes transforms into a panda) |
| 33% | CALLISTO | 8 | Nymph who was transformed into a bear by a jealous Juno, per Ovid |
| 32% | 13GOINGON30 | 11 | 2004 rom-com in which a middle schooler is transformed into an adult overnight |
| 32% | HAKU | 4 | Character from the 2001 film "Spirited Away" who can transform into a white dragon |
| 31% | BLANKET | 7 | This National Toy Hall of Fame inductee transforms into a fort or a DIY ghost costume |
| 31% | THESHAGGYDOG | 12 | Disney live-action movie about a boy who transforms into his neighbor's pet: 3 wds. |
| 31% | ANIMORPHS | 9 | Book series about people who transform into creatures... or a hint to 11 and 14 Across |
| 31% | CUEDIN | 6 | Given a signal |