| 100% | TUGON | 5 | What not to do to Superman's cape |
| 68% | STIR | 4 | What not to do to Bond's martini |
| 65% | OPEN | 4 | What not to do with Pandora's box? |
| 63% | PASS | 4 | What not to do when there’s a double yellow line |
| 58% | PEEK | 4 | What not to do before December 25? |
| 56% | LOSESLEEP | 9 | What not to do over something out of your control |
| 56% | RAREMEAT | 8 | What's just not done, to some diners? |
| 55% | HARM | 4 | What doctors are sworn not to do |
| 54% | CAMOUFLAGEPANTS | 15 | What a dog might do to pretend it's not out of breath? |
| 54% | CRY | 3 | What Evita asked Argentina not to do for her |
| 54% | ATSEA | 5 | Not knowing what to do |
| 54% | ATLOOSEENDS | 11 | Not knowing what to do |
| 53% | SHOOT | 5 | What one is not supposed to do to the messenger |
| 53% | STAYUP | 6 | What many children are told not to do on Christmas Eve, but encouraged to do on New Year's Eve |
| 52% | ATALOSS | 7 | Not know what to do (3 wds) |
| 52% | UHOH | 4 | Toddler's word for "Oops! That's not what I meant to do.": Hyph. |
| 50% | BLUR | 4 | What tears would do to one's vision |
| 50% | EAT | 3 | What you're not usually allowed to do in a library |
| 50% | PASSHERBY | 9 | What she did to not acknowledge a girlfriend on the street? |
| 49% | FLY | 3 | What Superman can do, but not Batman |
| 49% | REVEAL | 6 | What most magicians choose not to do when asked "How the heck did you do that?" |
| 49% | LEANONME | 8 | What to do "when you're not strong," in a 1972 hit |
| 48% | LOCKHERROOM | 11 | What she did to not be bothered by the rest of the family? |
| 48% | PASSGO | 6 | What one does not do when sent to jail |
| 48% | BETENOIRE | 9 | What's not to like? |
| 47% | POUT | 4 | What "you better not" do, in "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" |
| 47% | WHITE | 5 | What you're usually advised not to wear to someone's wedding |
| 46% | SHAKE | 5 | What to do to James Bond's martini, rather than stir |
| 46% | TAMES | 5 | What Shakespeare's Petruchio does to Katherina |
| 46% | STIR | 4 | What to do to paint that's in a just-opened can |