| 100% | SNOWS | 5 | What it does when flakes fall from the sky |
| 82% | SNOWS | 5 | What it does when frozen flakes fall from the sky |
| 52% | RAIN | 4 | When water falls from the sky |
| 51% | MEANS | 5 | "What It ___ When a Man Falls from the Sky" (short story collection by Lesley Nneka Arimah) |
| 46% | RESTART | 7 | Begin from the beginning, or what a person might do when they hit a creative block, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 44% | RAIN | 4 | Falls from the sky |
| 44% | RAINS | 5 | Falls from the sky |
| 44% | RAINED | 6 | Fell from the sky |
| 43% | DAM | 3 | What did the fish say when it hit the wall? |
| 43% | PEDAL | 5 | What it's harder to do on an exercise bike when you increase the resistance |
| 42% | EBB | 3 | What the tide does when it retreats |
| 42% | QUARTERSIZEHAIL | 15 | Big fall from the sky? |
| 42% | HAILSTONES | 10 | Chunks that fall from the sky |
| 42% | RAINDROPS | 9 | Liquid orbs falling from the sky |
| 41% | ACIDRAIN | 8 | Corrosive pollution that falls from the sky |
| 41% | RAINDROP | 8 | Bit of water falling from the sky |
| 41% | ACIDRAIN | 8 | Pollution that falls from the sky in drops |
| 40% | HAILSTONE | 9 | Ball of ice that falls from the sky like rain |
| 40% | SNOWFLAKE | 9 | One single piece of ice that falls from the sky |
| 40% | ANVIL | 5 | Heavy item falling from the sky in some classic cartoons |
| 39% | HAILSTONE | 9 | Hard ball of ice that falls from the sky like rain |
| 39% | RAINED | 6 | What it did in the Atacama in June 2017 |
| 39% | SNOWS | 5 | Comes down from the sky in flakes |
| 38% | PANT | 4 | What dogs do when it’s hot |
| 37% | MARCHFO(U)RTH | 13 | Prior to the 20th Amendment, what 20-Across would do on 37-Across, or when they would do it |
| 37% | SITS | 4 | What one does when playing the harp, usually |
| 37% | DRUM | 4 | What to do when told to ''beat it!'' |
| 37% | MELT | 4 | What snowmen do when the sun comes out |
| 37% | THEARCTICCIRCLE | 15 | It's round (like the dots you need to connect) and associated with Santa (like what you'll create when you do) |
| 37% | DAM | 3 | "What did the fish say when it swam straight into a wall?" |