| 100% | STEAL | 5 | What a base runner might do to the next base |
| 58% | ROLL | 4 | "Rock and ___," song by Led Zeppelin or what you might do to shape snow into the perfect base for a snowman |
| 54% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 52% | REFER | 5 | What a meta clue might do to itself |
| 52% | CATCH | 5 | What a baseball fielder might do to 34a |
| 52% | COOL | 4 | What a baker may do to bring down the temperature of a cake |
| 50% | SPOIL | 5 | What "too many cooks" may do to the broth? |
| 49% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 49% | EJECT | 5 | What a fighter pilot might do from the cockpit if the plane is hit |
| 49% | SPIT | 4 | What you might do to the juice from chewed tobacco |
| 49% | DIE | 3 | What a laptop battery will do in the long run? |
| 49% | FETCH | 5 | What a dog may do to the last parts of 17- and 51-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 48% | TAN | 3 | What a pale person might want to get at the beach |
| 48% | TAN | 3 | What a pale person might try to get at the beach |
| 48% | LAP | 3 | What a runner will do to another when they're more than 400 m ahead in the 5,000 m |
| 48% | CHARGE | 6 | What a 54-Across may do to a matador |
| 48% | POP | 3 | What you may do to a pimple? |
| 48% | STIR | 4 | What a straw might be used to do |
| 48% | OBEY | 4 | What a hypnotist may tell you to do |
| 48% | STOP | 4 | What a period tells the reader to do |
| 48% | STINGUPTHEPLACE | 15 | What angry wasps might do to a room? |
| 48% | ANTE | 4 | What you may do to get a hand |
| 48% | SEEPUNDERTHERUG | 15 | What rain may do to a bad toupee? |
| 48% | STAIN | 5 | What tomato sauce may do to a shirt |
| 47% | COUPLESYOGA | 11 | What a tight pair might 61-Across to do |
| 47% | REENTER | 7 | What a stamped hand may allow you to do |
| 47% | DRIVEONEBATTERY | 15 | What a few volts might be enough to do? |
| 47% | EATALLCOSTS | 11 | What the backer of a failing business may do? |
| 47% | DYEJOB | 6 | What might get to the root of a problem? |
| 47% | ILLUSION | 8 | What a magician might create to fool the audience |