| 100% | SEMANTICS | 9 | What does it all mean, this study will explain |
| 39% | CASTAVOTE | 9 | What many Americans will do on 17-Across (as hinted at by highlighting all the V's in this puzzle's answer) |
| 38% | SLOGAN | 6 | Just Do It is a popular one of these |
| 38% | ROWING | 6 | This is what the crew team does |
| 37% | CRY | 3 | What a baby does when it is upset |
| 37% | PURRS | 5 | What a cat does when it is satisfied |
| 37% | PEN | 3 | What you might be doing this puzzle in |
| 37% | WEE | 3 | This little piggy did it all the way home |
| 37% | COO | 3 | This is what it sounds like when doves cry |
| 37% | COOS | 4 | This is what it sounds like when doves cry |
| 37% | AGING | 5 | What you've been doing while reading this clue |
| 37% | LEAP | 4 | It is advised to look before you do this |
| 37% | VANISHING | 9 | What lotion is doing when it sinks into skin |
| 36% | MELT | 4 | What ice will do if it's above 32° Fahrenheit |
| 36% | ROAR | 4 | What a lion would do when it loses its patience |
| 36% | ALIGN | 5 | What the stars do when something is meant to be |
| 36% | ZODIAC | 6 | All 12 of its symbols are featured in this puzzle |
| 36% | PEEL | 4 | What you would do to a banana before eating it |
| 36% | EBBING | 6 | What a tide is doing when it's not flowing |
| 36% | ERR | 3 | To do this is human, it is said |
| 36% | CHANGEOFPLANS | 13 | "Actually, this is what we're doing now …" |
| 36% | ERR | 3 | To do this is human, it's said |
| 36% | OXYMORONS | 9 | What the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all are |
| 36% | SPECULATE | 9 | It can be risky to do this in the stock market |
| 35% | HOWSO | 5 | Short phrase meaning "In what way can it be?" |
| 35% | BLEATS | 6 | What you hear in this conversation: "Nice weather we're having today." "Ewe said it. Get it? I said 'ewe'!" "Ugh, that pun was awful." "You mean ... it was baaad?" |
| 35% | LAZY | 4 | What you'd be called if you sat all day doing nothing |
| 35% | SPANDEX | 7 | Material whose name is an anagram for what it does |
| 35% | IMOLD | 5 | Reaction to hearing what the kids are doing these days |
| 34% | SPELLEDOUT | 10 | Explained in great detail ... or what four of this puzzle's clues are? |