| 100% | MASH | 4 | What someone might do to potatoes or buttons |
| 48% | PAYCASH | 7 | What you may have to do if someone doesn't take charge? |
| 48% | PET | 3 | Furry friend, or what you might do to one |
| 46% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 46% | INCISE | 6 | What someone may do if you're undergoing scarification |
| 45% | ITCH | 4 | What someone might need to scratch |
| 45% | GNAW | 4 | What rats may do to baseboards |
| 45% | ELUDE | 5 | What sleep may do to an insomniac |
| 45% | POP | 3 | What you may do to a pimple? |
| 45% | GIVEITAREST | 11 | "Enough already!" or what one may do to each answer to a starred clue |
| 44% | ANTE | 4 | What you may do to get a hand |
| 44% | SEEPUNDERTHERUG | 15 | What rain may do to a bad toupee? |
| 44% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 44% | PEN | 3 | What someone might use to solve a crossword puzzle |
| 44% | HUMBLEPIE | 9 | What someone might eat when forced to say sorry |
| 44% | POPIT | 5 | What you might do to bubble wrap: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SPIT | 4 | What you might do to the juice from chewed tobacco |
| 43% | RATE | 4 | What critics might do to a movie by giving stars |
| 43% | GETONBOARD | 10 | "Join the team," or what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 43% | TOSS | 4 | What you might do to a salad using two wooden spoons |
| 42% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive elimination ... or what one may do to the ends of 17-, 31-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| 42% | FOLD | 4 | What you might do to shirts before putting them in a suitcase |
| 42% | PLOTZ | 5 | What someone who is overly verklempt might do |
| 42% | HONK | 4 | What someone with road rage might do often |
| 42% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive an audition, and what one may do to the start of 18-, 23-, 36-, or 54-Across? |
| 42% | SAYUNCLE | 8 | Give up, or what you might do before the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 42% | DIFFER | 6 | What one might beg to do |
| 41% | PUREE | 5 | What parents might do to food to make it suitable for a baby |
| 41% | POKE | 4 | What you might do to a turtle that's withdrawn into its shell |
| 41% | PUMP | 4 | What you might do with gas or a fist |