| 100% | FIDDLED | 7 | What nero did as rome burned |
| 53% | FIDDLED | 7 | Legend says Nero did this while Rome burned |
| 52% | FIDDLED | 7 | It's said that Nero did this while Rome burned |
| 43% | BOIL | 4 | What water does as 212? f |
| 41% | SEE | 3 | What you do as soon as you wake up? |
| 41% | FIDDLE | 6 | __ while Rome burns, an Emperor Nero analogy |
| 40% | FAT | 3 | What you burn when doing cardio |
| 40% | USE | 3 | What to do only as directed |
| 39% | EELS | 4 | What Ogden Nash did mind as meals |
| 37% | ENDTRANSMISSION | 15 | What did the burned-out clutch say to the gearbox? |
| 36% | NANDOR | 6 | What We Do in the Shadows vampire known as "the Relentless" |
| 36% | EXPLORER | 8 | Someone who works as what Dora the cartoon does |
| 36% | IDEAS | 5 | Thoughts or suggestions as to what should be done |
| 36% | REPEATAFTERME | 13 | "Do as I do," and a hint to what the circled letters do |
| 35% | PEEL | 4 | What skin will do as a sunburn heals |
| 35% | GOONAHIKE | 9 | What outdoorsy people do as a country walk |
| 35% | ABLY | 4 | Done in a manner as though one knows exactly what one is doing |
| 35% | SHOP | 4 | What you may do on the Friday after Thanksgiving as a family tradition |
| 34% | SERVICEBRAKES | 13 | What mechanics may do as part of a tuneup? |
| 34% | ACT | 3 | What 30a would do as part of the profession |
| 34% | SMASHES | 7 | What the Hulk does as his most beloved activity |
| 34% | HOLDTHEFLOOR | 12 | What to do while the joists are being installed as you yatter on unendingly? |
| 34% | HIT | 3 | What the ball player known as "Charlie Hustle" managed to do 4,256 times |
| 34% | FOLLOWINGORDERS | 15 | Doing as told, in the military ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can literally have? |
| 34% | ROMANS | 6 | When in Rome, do as they do |
| 33% | PULLSOMEONESLEG | 15 | What a torturer might do as a joke? |
| 33% | WHEN | 4 | ___ in Rome, do as the Romans do |
| 33% | ROAM | 4 | What you may aptly do in Rome? |
| 32% | OBEYED | 6 | Did as directed |
| 32% | OBEYED | 6 | Did as told |