| 100% | JUGGLES | 7 | What a circus performer does with balls or knives |
| 48% | SEAL | 4 | Circus performer with a ball |
| 45% | SECONDHOME | 10 | What a teacher may do with a note or a sick student |
| 45% | CUT | 3 | What a baker may do with a knife to get a desired shape |
| 43% | FLY | 3 | What birds do ... or with 54a, a glowing insect |
| 42% | PUMP | 4 | What you might do with gas or a fist |
| 41% | FLIP | 4 | What you would do with a coin or a switch |
| 41% | SKIP | 4 | What you can do with a stone or a rope |
| 39% | ENTERTAIN | 9 | What a performer does |
| 39% | LADIES | 6 | With 63-Across, what some performers saw in Las Vegas? ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | LIONTAMER | 9 | Circus performer with a chair |
| 39% | FIREEATER | 9 | Circus performer with a torch |
| 38% | CHEWONIT | 8 | What a dog will do with a bone |
| 38% | SLUR | 4 | What a drunk may do with his words |
| 38% | SLUR | 4 | What a drunk might do with his words |
| 38% | SLUR | 4 | What a drunk would do with his words |
| 38% | SPINNING | 8 | What a DJ is doing with their records |
| 38% | CLOWN | 5 | Circus performer with a red nose |
| 38% | LENDS | 5 | What a bank or library does |
| 38% | HAUNTS | 6 | What a ghost or poltergeist does |
| 38% | EATS | 4 | What a trencherman does with gusto |
| 38% | BUTCHERASONG | 12 | What a karaoke performer may do |
| 38% | HALVETHEGAL | 11 | What a magician might do with a big saw? |
| 38% | CLOWN | 5 | Circus performer with a painted-on smile |
| 38% | WAG | 3 | What a dog does with its tail |
| 38% | BIRTH | 5 | What a midwife or obstetrician assists with |
| 38% | WAG | 3 | What a tongue or tail may do |
| 37% | SEW | 3 | What a tailor would do with a needle and thread |
| 37% | TUNE | 4 | What a guitarist would do with the instrument before playing |
| 37% | BREAKSOUTINSONG | 15 | What a performer does periodically during a musical |