| 100% | SKED | 4 | What's happening and when, informally |
| 54% | PROPOSAL | 8 | What's happening when someone asks "Will you marry me?" |
| 54% | LIVEINTHEMOMENT | 15 | Ignore both what's happened and what's to come |
| 51% | WALLEYESWEREUPONUS | 18 | What happened when we aroused a pike's pique? |
| 50% | STAYTUNED | 9 | "Stick around and let's see what happens!" |
| 49% | MIDASTOUCH | 10 | Moneymaking skill ... or, when read as three words, what happens in 17-, 21-, 35-, 45- and 54-Across |
| 49% | CHALKBOARD | 10 | Riddle-de-dee: What's clean when black and dirty when white? |
| 49% | CHANGEOFSEASONS | 15 | What happens tomorrow ... and a hint to this grid's circled letters |
| 48% | WICK | 4 | What's tall when it's young and short when it's old? (old riddle) |
| 47% | TIMEFLIES | 9 | What happens when having fun |
| 47% | REDROSE | 7 | Valentine's Day gift, and what happened six times in this puzzle |
| 46% | FOREIGNLANGUAGE | 15 | What's left when you remove the first and last letters of the answers to starred clues |
| 46% | THEJOEWASONME | 13 | What happened when I spilled coffee? |
| 46% | TEAR | 4 | What you shed when 34a happens |
| 46% | CLEFT | 5 | Crevice, and, interpreted differently, what happened to five of this puzzle's answers |
| 45% | TIMEFLIES | 9 | What happens when you're having fun? |
| 45% | SOYEAH | 6 | "And, uh, that's what happened" |
| 45% | TREND | 5 | What's happening |
| 45% | EVENT | 5 | What's happening |
| 45% | DOINGS | 6 | What's happening |
| 45% | NEWS | 4 | What's happening |
| 45% | MELTED | 6 | What happened to Elphaba when water touched her |
| 45% | DIVORCE | 7 | What happens when a marriage has to end |
| 45% | WAR | 3 | What happens when language fails, per Margaret Atwood |
| 45% | WITHER | 6 | What plants do when they shrivel and die |
| 44% | LETS | 4 | "___ see what happens..." (wait and watch) |
| 44% | CURRENTAFFAIRS | 14 | What's happening now |
| 44% | ROYALSDOAFLIP | 13 | What happens when Kansas City wins a World Series? |
| 44% | SYNC | 4 | What happens when an iPad connects to a computer |
| 44% | ECHO | 4 | What happens when your voice reflects against a wall |