| 100% | KNEWBETTER | 10 | Was aware that doing something was bad |
| 56% | ADIEU | 5 | Something that is bid |
| 55% | CINCH | 5 | Something that is easy to do |
| 55% | NEST | 4 | Something that Matryoshka dolls will do |
| 55% | TASK | 4 | Something that needs to be done |
| 55% | SOSO | 4 | Like something that ''could be worse'' |
| 54% | NONO | 4 | Something that shouldn't be done: Hyph. |
| 53% | KNOWBETTER | 10 | Be aware enough not to do something foolish |
| 52% | VOLUNTARY | 9 | Something that is done by choice |
| 51% | THEHABIT | 8 | Kick __, give something up that is bad for you |
| 51% | REDO | 4 | Having to repeat something that has already been done |
| 51% | HOW | 3 | Question word or the way that something is done |
| 51% | DEED | 4 | Something that is done, performed, or accomplished |
| 50% | HEX | 3 | Something bad that may be put on you |
| 50% | OMEN | 4 | Sign that something bad will happen |
| 50% | WOEBETIDE | 9 | Warning that something bad will happen |
| 50% | OMEN | 4 | Sign that something bad is brewing |
| 50% | FINE | 4 | Payment after doing something bad ... or a word that means "good" |
| 49% | EMESIS | 6 | Something those with mal de mer are subject to doing at sea, technically speaking |
| 49% | OMINOUS | 7 | Causing a feeling that something bad will happen |
| 48% | TOKED | 5 | Something I am certain that many people did in Illinois on January 1 this year |
| 47% | MORALOBLIGATION | 15 | Something that must be done because not doing it would be wrong |
| 46% | NEEDTO | 6 | Be obliged (to do something) |
| 45% | EVIL | 4 | Necessary ___ (something unpleasant that has to be done) |
| 44% | PERMIT | 6 | Being allowed to do something, like fishing |
| 44% | EVIL | 4 | With 53-Across, one whom you might blame for something bad that you did |
| 44% | SINS | 4 | Does something bad |
| 44% | SINNED | 6 | Did something bad |
| 44% | SIN | 3 | Do something bad |
| 44% | CAREFUL | 7 | To be cautious when doing something |