| 100% | COOL | 4 | What a baker may do to bring down the temperature of a cake |
| 53% | FETCH | 5 | What a dog may do to the last parts of 17- and 51-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 48% | TOE | 3 | What you might use to test the temperature of a bath |
| 47% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 46% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 46% | ROLL | 4 | What a baker may do with a pin to spread dough |
| 45% | CUT | 3 | What a baker may do with a knife to get a desired shape |
| 45% | CAMOUFLAGEPANTS | 15 | What a dog might do to pretend it's not out of breath? |
| 44% | MILKS | 5 | What a farmhand does to the udders of a 43-Down |
| 43% | EATALLCOSTS | 11 | What the backer of a failing business may do? |
| 43% | THROW | 5 | What one might do to the last parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 43% | SNAP | 4 | What a center will do to a football at the start of a play |
| 42% | ROW | 3 | What to do "gently down the stream," in a song |
| 42% | EATALONE | 8 | What to "never" do, according to the title of a 2005 best seller |
| 42% | SLAYINGSLOW | 11 | What Buffy might be doing at the end of a long, hard night? |
| 42% | MAKEFRIENDS | 11 | What the producers of a 10-season sitcom learned to do in kindergarten? |
| 42% | DYEJOB | 6 | What might get to the root of a problem? |
| 41% | AGE | 3 | What the number of candles on a cake may represent |
| 41% | STEAL | 5 | What a base runner might do to the next base |
| 41% | AGE | 3 | What the number of candles on a birthday cake might represent |
| 41% | STING | 5 | What a jellyfish might do to you |
| 41% | STING | 5 | What a bee might do to you |
| 41% | STARTLE | 7 | What a ghost might do to you |
| 40% | SWELL | 5 | What the music might do at the emotional climax of a movie |
| 40% | PRUNE | 5 | What a gardener may do to a shrub |
| 40% | SNAG | 4 | What a nail might do to a sweater |
| 40% | GETONBOARD | 10 | "Join the team," or what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 40% | HAUNT | 5 | What a ghost may do to a 6-Across |
| 39% | HALLPASS | 8 | What a student might need to go to the bathroom |
| 39% | BURP | 4 | What a baby might do when patted on the back |