| 100% | QUARTERBACK | 11 | What one gets from the hot dog vendor when paying with a $5 bill? |
| 36% | ONES | 4 | He paid with a five-dollar bill and got 3 ___ back from his two-dollar purchase |
| 33% | WARMTH | 6 | What you get from the fireplace on a cold night |
| 32% | 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 |
| 31% | TIP | 3 | What you leave a waiter when paying the bill, as a sign of appreciation |
| 29% | SWIMMINGTRUNKS | 14 | What do you get when you cross 26-Across with a 5-Down? |
| 29% | CROC | 4 | One with a tendency to get snappy when hungry, for short? |
| 29% | SWIPE | 5 | Action when paying with a card |
| 28% | HIGHSCHOOL | 10 | What 1986 ___ romantic comedy got its title from a song by the Psychedelic Furs? |
| 28% | HOT | 3 | "___ Chocolate," song by Tom Hanks from "The Polar Express" ... or a warm drink one may enjoy with marshmallows when it's very cold |
| 28% | HEPASSEDMUSTARD | 15 | Why the hot dog vendor made the grade? |
| 28% | ILOSTIT | 7 | Horrifying reply from the best man on one's wedding day when asked to present a ring |
| 28% | VIEW | 4 | What you get from the balcony |
| 28% | TAP | 3 | Instruction when paying with a chip-based credit card |
| 28% | ASHES | 5 | What a phoenix rises from, with "the" |
| 28% | ASHES | 5 | What a phoenix emerges from, with "the" |
| 27% | TIP | 3 | Given to a waiter when paying the bill |
| 27% | TEN | 3 | Roll that could get you from one corner of a Monopoly board to the next |
| 27% | WARIO | 5 | Nintendo antagonist with a yellow hat, a zigzag mustache, and a name one letter off from that of the protagonist |
| 27% | THAT | 4 | "I get ___ drunk sex feeling, yeah, when I'm with you" (lyric from a 2012 song) |
| 27% | USERBASE | 8 | Ones getting with the program? |
| 26% | PAYEE | 5 | One getting paid by a payer? |
| 26% | ENTER | 5 | What's the key to getting from the end of a line to the start? |
| 26% | WARMINGUP | 9 | Getting ready to exercise ... or what the words composed of circled letters are doing when read from left to right? |
| 26% | LAP | 3 | What a runner will do to another when they're more than 400 m ahead in the 5,000 m |
| 26% | BREAKRANKS | 10 | Deviate from one's group, and what the black squares in rows 3, 5, 8 and 11 do |
| 26% | GAS | 3 | What one cooks with when making progress |
| 26% | ADOPT | 5 | Get from a shelter, like a dog |
| 26% | INSURANCECLAIM | 14 | What one with a bent fender files |
| 26% | YOLK | 4 | One getting a beating in the kitchen? |