| 100% | ROPE | 4 | What a kid would need in order to play Double Dutch |
| 46% | ROPE | 4 | What you need to play double Dutch |
| 46% | ROPE | 4 | What's needed to play double Dutch |
| 39% | LETTERSONTHEKEYS | 16 | What's needed in order to escape this crossword |
| 38% | RHYTHM | 6 | What drummers have in order to play in time |
| 38% | KEY | 3 | What a thief doesn't need to break in |
| 36% | STOOPS | 6 | What She does to Conquer in a Goldsmith play |
| 36% | SNAP | 4 | What a center will do to a football at the start of a play |
| 35% | LANDOWNER | 9 | What a freed slave was to become in an 1865 order that was eventually overturned |
| 35% | ICE | 3 | What might need to be scraped off a windshield in winter |
| 34% | REVERSEENGINEER | 15 | Take apart in order to reproduce ... or a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 23-, 34- and 46-Across |
| 34% | SOR | 3 | What to order in Pecs in you want to indulge in a cold one |
| 33% | LIST | 4 | What a kid mails to Santa |
| 33% | ROUGHHOUSE | 10 | Rowdy play, and what's hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 33% | LAP | 3 | What a runner will do to another when they're more than 400 m ahead in the 5,000 m |
| 33% | NUMBER | 6 | Phone ___ (Digits you need in order to call someone?) |
| 33% | JAR | 3 | What a kid might catch fireflies in |
| 33% | FORSTARTERS | 11 | "To begin..." and what the theme answers need in order to make sense |
| 33% | SHOOFLYPIE | 10 | What 57-Across might refer to in a Pennsylvania Dutch kitchen |
| 33% | SAND | 4 | You will need to have a 1-inch layer of this grainy beach material in your snow globe terrarium |
| 33% | TIE | 3 | What a kid learns to do to shoelaces |
| 33% | IVY | 3 | What a kid'll eat, in song |
| 32% | VISAS | 5 | They need to be in order at a border |
| 32% | ALOHA | 5 | What a Hawaiian would say in greeting |
| 32% | NEGOTIATE | 9 | Debate in order to make a deal |
| 32% | TREE | 4 | What a kid might climb in the backyard |
| 32% | RANBY | 5 | Told in order to get a quick opinion |
| 32% | TWINKILLING | 11 | Baseball double play, in slang ... or a hint to understanding the 12 Across answers that have circles |
| 32% | ISP | 3 | What a surfer needs, in brief |
| 31% | SHIPPING | 8 | Fee paid in order to have a package delivered |