| 100% | MINDMYPSANDQS | 13 | What I, the constructor, had to do while making this puzzle |
| 49% | TACT | 4 | What it may take to answer the question "Does this make me look fat?" |
| 47% | PINACOLADA | 10 | What I'm going to have after I've finished writing these clues and it's spelled out with the first two letters of five of the longest puzzle answers |
| 46% | CUTOUTTHEMIDDLEMAN | 18 | What you have to do before entering seven answers in this puzzle? |
| 44% | RAISELOADSOFASH | 15 | What you have to do if you want to make a serious bid for king of the forest? |
| 44% | MAKESABEELINE | 13 | What this puzzle’s solver does when filling in the upper-left to lower-right diagonal? |
| 43% | DONTLOOKATME | 12 | “I had nothing to do with it!” . . . or how to make sense of twelve of this puzzle’s clues |
| 42% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 42% | IMO | 3 | "This is what I have to say," on the internet: Abbr. |
| 42% | CIRCLEBACK | 10 | Return to a subject in conversation, and what this puzzle's author did to make the examples stand out |
| 42% | PET | 3 | "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" band ___ Shop Boys |
| 42% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | "Look What You Made Me Do" singer who has won the most Billboard Music Awards (23) (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SCRAMBLEBANDS | 13 | College musicians making shapes on the field, or do what this puzzle does to the once-recognizable starred phrases |
| 41% | TAKEITDOWNANOTCH | 16 | Reduce one’s excitement slightly ... or what you have to do to the final letter of five long answers in this puzzle? |
| 40% | COMPUTERICON | 12 | [aria-label] Depiction of a laptop * This puzzle has an important note. Tap the "i" to read. * |
| 40% | PESTO | 5 | Possible answer to the question “What should I make with all this basil?” |
| 40% | CONNECTALLTHEOS | 15 | What to do after completing this puzzle, with four straight lines |
| 40% | LETFLY | 6 | Something to do with the shapes in this puzzle? |
| 40% | FOLLOWDIRECTIONS | 16 | What one must do using the circled letters to solve this puzzle |
| 39% | WIDER | 5 | What I seem to have gotten as the years have passed by |
| 39% | STOKE | 5 | What people had to do to keep the "Mauretania" running |
| 39% | CHARACTERSKETCHES | 17 | [aria-label] Depiction of "Nihao" in simplified Chinese * This puzzle has an important note. Tap the "i" to read. * |
| 39% | LEGALREPRESENTATION | 19 | [aria-label] Depiction of a gavel and scales * This puzzle has an important note. Tap the "i" to read. * |
| 39% | SPITTINGIMAGE | 13 | [aria-label] Depiction of a person going "Ptui!" * This puzzle has an important note. Tap the "i" to read. * |
| 39% | ALLEYESONME | 11 | "Pay close attention to what I'm doing," and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | DROPINS | 7 | Unexpected guests, and what you'll have to do to make sense of the starred answers |
| 39% | WORKINGMYWAYBACKTOU | 19 | What I am doing when spelling out six long answers in this puzzle? |
| 39% | HOLDTHEFLOOR | 12 | What to do while the joists are being installed as you yatter on unendingly? |
| 39% | HAY | 3 | One can make this while the sun shines, according to an idiom |
| 38% | LEAVEMEOUTOFIT | 14 | "I want nothing to do with this!," and how to make the six starred clues match their answers |