| 100% | SWIVEL | 6 | What hips should do when doing the twist à la Chubby Checker |
| 41% | DROPTHEBEAT | 11 | Demand to a DJ, and what you must do when entering the starred answers |
| 40% | SAYDIE | 6 | What a person should never do when things get tough |
| 40% | BURP | 4 | What a baby might do when patted on the back |
| 40% | BLARES | 6 | What a post horn does when the mail coach arrives |
| 40% | RISE | 4 | What a bailiff tells people to do when the judge enters |
| 40% | UNDO | 4 | What you do when you make a mistake on the computer |
| 39% | HUM | 3 | What to do when you don't know the words to a song |
| 38% | BISON | 5 | Q: What did the buffalo say to his boy when he left? A: ___ |
| 37% | HIP | 3 | It's rotated when doing the twist |
| 36% | PREPARE | 7 | What one should do for the worst |
| 35% | CHECKER | 7 | Chubby __ had everyone doing the twist in 1960 |
| 35% | MOW | 3 | What you might do when the plot thickens |
| 35% | SITS | 4 | What one does when playing the harp, usually |
| 35% | DAM | 3 | "What did the fish say when it swam straight into a wall?" |
| 35% | PREPARE | 7 | What one should do for war when in peace |
| 35% | SKIPABEAT | 9 | What your heart does when facing a sudden emotion |
| 34% | STUB | 4 | What could be left when you rip out a check |
| 34% | BAR | 3 | What you try to go under when doing the limbo |
| 34% | WALKINCLOSET | 12 | "What's the first thing you do when you buy a new house, Tarzan?" |
| 34% | PASS | 4 | What not to do when there’s a double yellow line |
| 34% | LAP | 3 | What a runner will do to another when they're more than 400 m ahead in the 5,000 m |
| 34% | BOUNCE | 6 | What checks do when funds run out |
| 34% | STANDPAT | 8 | What to do when dealt a flush |
| 34% | SEW | 3 | What to do when following a pattern |
| 34% | COO | 3 | What a baby might do when happy |
| 34% | EBB | 3 | What the tide does when it retreats |
| 34% | SNAIL | 5 | "What did the ___ say when it was riding on the back of a turtle? Wheeeee!" |
| 33% | ETCH | 4 | What Federico Barocci did when he created "Virgin Seated on a Cloud" |
| 33% | AGREE | 5 | What a subject and a verb should do |