| 100% | SNIFFLE | 7 | What one does to keep a runny nose from running |
| 39% | STOKE | 5 | What people had to do to keep the "Mauretania" running |
| 38% | GIVEITAREST | 11 | "Enough already!" or what one may do to each answer to a starred clue |
| 36% | BAIL | 4 | One way to keep a boat afloat |
| 35% | USETHEFORCE | 11 | What one may have to do to destroy a Death Star |
| 35% | PASSGO | 6 | What one does not do when sent to jail |
| 35% | WARNHERBROTHERS | 15 | What she did to keep siblings out of trouble? |
| 35% | WASHHERDRYER | 12 | What she did to keep the salon equipment clean? |
| 35% | DROGUE | 6 | Device to keep a ship from drifting |
| 35% | BARKTIME | 8 | What dogs do to set a tempo? |
| 35% | PLAYHERPIANO | 12 | What she did to accompany a choir? |
| 35% | STEAL | 5 | What a base runner might do to the next base |
| 35% | SNORE | 5 | One way to keep a mate awake in the bedroom |
| 35% | SLAYS | 5 | What Buffy does to a vampire |
| 35% | DIFFER | 6 | What one might beg to do |
| 35% | BEAT | 4 | What you do to a drum |
| 34% | APPLY | 5 | Something one does to get a job |
| 34% | RELOAD | 6 | What one might do after a firing |
| 34% | TAPS | 4 | Bugle tune ... or what one does to 1-, 18-, 35-, 43- and 62-Across |
| 34% | UNFRIENDS | 9 | Cuts social media ties with, and what one does to complete the theme answers |
| 34% | BAKEINTHEUSSR | 13 | What one used to do in Kremlin heat? |
| 34% | OLDFORM | 7 | What one might return to after a slump |
| 34% | POSTAGE | 7 | What one must pay to mail a package |
| 34% | SPAR | 4 | What boxers do to practice for a bout |
| 34% | CARVE | 5 | What you do to a pumpkin for Halloween |
| 34% | ATE | 3 | What seven did to nine, in a joke |
| 33% | BETHERMOUSETRAP | 15 | What she did to win a bragging contest with an exterminator? |
| 33% | STOOPS | 6 | What She does to Conquer in a Goldsmith play |
| 33% | STIR | 4 | Keep a risotto from sticking to the pan, say |
| 33% | CHOKEUPONTHEBRAT | 16 | What one often sees Homer do to Bart Simpson? |