| 100% | GNAW | 4 | What an unruly dog would do to a rug |
| 50% | TOW | 3 | What a police van would do to an ill-parked car |
| 49% | BITE | 4 | What an angry dog might do to you |
| 48% | SLAY | 4 | What Buffy would do to a vampire |
| 48% | HEAL | 4 | What time will do to a wound |
| 48% | OBEY | 4 | What a well-trained dog will do in response to its owner's commands |
| 47% | SLAY | 4 | What Buffy would do to a vampire or demon |
| 46% | PEEL | 4 | What you would do to a banana before eating it |
| 46% | CATCHFORTYWINKS | 15 | What an insomniac would like to do, minimally |
| 46% | CHEWONIT | 8 | What a dog will do with a bone |
| 46% | TOW | 3 | What you would do to a car that has broken down |
| 45% | XXXX | 4 | What blood will do to heal a wound |
| 45% | SEAL | 4 | What to do to a deal or an envelope |
| 44% | CLAP | 4 | What an audience will do to show appreciation |
| 43% | BARKTIME | 8 | What dogs do to set a tempo? |
| 43% | SNAP | 4 | What a center will do to a football at the start of a play |
| 42% | LAID | 4 | What a chicken did to an egg |
| 41% | CAMOUFLAGEPANTS | 15 | What a dog might do to pretend it's not out of breath? |
| 41% | LICK | 4 | What people often do to a stamp before putting it on an envelope |
| 41% | BETHERMOUSETRAP | 15 | What she did to win a bragging contest with an exterminator? |
| 40% | GRABFORTYINKS | 13 | What an exhausted, but enthusiastic, tattooist might do if asked to go and get supplies in a variety of colors? |
| 39% | SIT | 3 | What an obedient dog may do |
| 39% | BOILOVER | 8 | What an unwatched pot will do |
| 39% | ABET | 4 | What an accomplice will do |
| 38% | FETCH | 5 | What a dog may do to the last parts of 17- and 51-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 38% | WAG | 3 | What a happy dog's tail will do |
| 38% | ERODE | 5 | What the Colorado River will continue to do to the canyon for a few more zillion years |
| 38% | LAP | 3 | What a runner will do to another when they're more than 400 m ahead in the 5,000 m |
| 37% | NEWTRICKS | 9 | What you can't teach an old dog to do |
| 37% | WAG | 3 | What an excited dog's tail might do |