| 100% | TIPTOE | 6 | Walk very quietly, as when one's parents are asleep |
| 36% | CREEPING | 8 | Walking quietly so as not to be heard |
| 36% | ATBAT | 5 | A walk is not counted as one |
| 34% | TIPTOE | 6 | Walk very quietly |
| 34% | CREEP | 5 | Walk very quietly |
| 34% | EVILTWINGE | 10 | Feeling when one's voodoo doll is poked? |
| 34% | ONTIPTOE | 8 | Walking very quietly, say |
| 34% | OVERBITE | 8 | When one's upper jaw is farther out than the lower |
| 33% | MOLASSES | 8 | If one is as slow as this syrup, they're very slow |
| 33% | CLUE | 4 | A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| 32% | ATONE | 5 | Take one's medicine, as it were |
| 32% | COFFEEBEAN | 10 | Globally used seed that usually comes in twos, but when there is only one inside the "cherry", it's known as a peaberry |
| 32% | SNIT | 4 | State when one's nose is out of joint |
| 32% | TIPTOE | 6 | Walk very, very quietly |
| 31% | YOUTH | 5 | When one is young |
| 31% | ATWILL | 6 | When one is ready |
| 31% | CARGODOC | 8 | One who's brought in when shipments are damaged? |
| 31% | IMOUT | 5 | Words said when one's hand is shaky? |
| 31% | TAKEAFTER | 9 | Emulate, as one's parents |
| 31% | TOOKAFTER | 9 | Resembled, as one's parent |
| 31% | LUNCHTIME | 9 | When one is hungry midday |
| 30% | KEPT | 4 | Was true to, as one's word |
| 30% | ETA | 3 | When one is expected, for short |
| 30% | TEAR | 4 | Drop when one is down? |
| 30% | INTROJECT | 9 | Take on one's parents' ideas as one's own, for example |
| 29% | BEDREST | 7 | Doctor's orders when one is unwell, perhaps: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ERROR | 5 | Catcher's interference is charged as one in baseball |
| 29% | RAVE | 4 | Talk wildly, when one is delirious |
| 29% | SNORT | 5 | Sound made when one is scornful |
| 29% | ICANTEVEN | 9 | Words said when one is speechless |