| 100% | BREAKINGUP | 10 | What Sedaka said was "hard to do" |
| 65% | TELLNOTALES | 11 | What dead men are said to do |
| 63% | BREAKING | 8 | "___ Up Is Hard to Do," 1962 song by Neil Sedaka that topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
| 58% | SEDAKA | 6 | "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" singer |
| 58% | SEDAKA | 6 | "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" singer Neil |
| 57% | RULE | 4 | What a king was born to do |
| 57% | RETRIEVE | 8 | What Chesapeake dogs are trained to do |
| 57% | TIEATIE | 7 | What a valet is asked to do |
| 56% | SEDAKA | 6 | Neil with the hit "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" |
| 55% | HAVEANERAFORMUSIC | 17 | What the Beatles were able to do? |
| 54% | GOSEEK | 6 | What "it" is supposed to do |
| 53% | ERR | 3 | To do this is human, it is said |
| 53% | ERR | 3 | To do this is human, it's said |
| 52% | AGENDA | 6 | What is to be done? |
| 52% | BISON | 5 | "What did the buffalo say to his son who was leaving for college?" |
| 52% | LISP | 4 | Speech impediment whose name is hard to say if you have it |
| 51% | LENGTHENS | 9 | What some mascara will appear to do to your lashes |
| 51% | OVERREACH | 9 | Try to do more than is possible, say |
| 51% | THENEW | 6 | What orange is said to be |
| 51% | SLEEP | 5 | What tryptophan is said to induce |
| 51% | NINELIVES | 9 | What cats are said to have |
| 51% | EAT | 3 | What to do after saying grace |
| 51% | TEND | 4 | What agent will do to matters |
| 51% | EAT | 3 | What to do after being served |
| 51% | ERASE | 5 | What backspacing will do to text |
| 51% | TEND | 4 | What accountant will do to matters |
| 51% | SOLVE | 5 | What you are trying to do |
| 51% | FAKEIT | 6 | What to do before being successful? |
| 51% | ONIT | 4 | Doing what needs to be done |
| 51% | SINK | 4 | With 81-Down, what loose lips are said to do |