| 100% | SAES | 4 | What freelancers used to enclose if they really wanted the job, before the Internet age, of course (abbr.) |
| 32% | RAISELOADSOFASH | 15 | What you have to do if you want to make a serious bid for king of the forest? |
| 28% | DIAL | 4 | Word before "up" to mean a form of internet access used in the '90s |
| 28% | COLLISIONTHEORY | 15 | What scientists use to predict the rates of chemical reactions |
| 27% | UPKEY | 5 | What's used to scroll to the top of a window |
| 27% | CIVILLAW | 8 | What someone tries to use when they yell, "I'll sue the pants off you!" |
| 26% | CORAL | 5 | What the beaklike teeth of a parrotfish are used to bite |
| 26% | TOE | 3 | What you might use to test the temperature of a bath |
| 26% | RYECAPTAIN | 10 | What pirates say to their leader when they want a type of whiskey rather than grog? |
| 26% | ETAL | 4 | The AMA uses this abbr. with no period and if there are more than six authors, but only lists three of them in any case |
| 26% | OAR | 3 | What a member of a crew team uses to propel the boat |
| 26% | ONES | 4 | What the Coin Coalition wants to dispose of |
| 25% | IMO | 3 | "This is what I have to say," on the internet: Abbr. |
| 25% | UNITE | 5 | What Communists want workers of the world to do |
| 25% | EAT | 3 | Something you really have to do if you want to live to a ripe old age |
| 25% | LIE | 3 | What you'd do if you don't want the truth to come out |
| 25% | EST | 3 | Zone Detroiters have to ensure their clock's set to if they want to be on time voting in the presidential election (abbr.) |
| 25% | ORIYA | 5 | What the residents of India's Orissa used to officially converse in, prior to 2011 |
| 25% | ASIA | 4 | Continent to visit if you want to see the Great Wall of China |
| 25% | RADAR | 5 | Aircraft equipment used to determine the range and velocity of oncoming objects: Abbr. |
| 25% | CATSCAN | 7 | Kind of X-ray used to study the human brain: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 25% | ESL | 3 | Course where the conjugation of to be might be taught: abbr. |
| 24% | AKA | 3 | Abbr. often used on the list of "FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" |
| 24% | HIP | 3 | What flower children of the sixties always wanted their parents to be |
| 24% | INREVERSE | 9 | One way to drive ... and what the last word of each starred clue really means |
| 24% | UEY | 3 | What you can hang if you want to go back the other way |
| 24% | JUJITSU | 7 | Practice that seeks to use the force of opponents against them |
| 24% | MEGA | 4 | Half of what MMMM solvers try to find before the end of the year, for short |
| 24% | SAYUNCLE | 8 | Give up, or what you might do before the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 24% | CHANGE | 6 | "The ___ Constant," episode of "The Big Bang Theory" where Sheldon and Amy wait to hear if they've won the Nobel Prize |