| 100% | HUM | 3 | What someone who doesn’t know the words might do |
| 51% | PLOTZ | 5 | What someone who is overly verklempt might do |
| 50% | IVEGOTTHESCOOP | 14 | Words from someone in the know, or what the pros in 20-, 26-, 36- and 50-Across might say |
| 48% | EXPLORER | 8 | Someone who works as what Dora the cartoon does |
| 48% | MAVERICK | 8 | Someone who doesn't stick by the rules |
| 48% | LIAR | 4 | Someone who doesn't tell the truth |
| 47% | HUM | 3 | What to do when you don't know the words |
| 46% | MOVE | 4 | What someone who's immobile can't do |
| 46% | RECS | 4 | Suggestions from someone who might be in the know, for short |
| 46% | ANIN | 4 | What people who know the right people may have |
| 46% | HUM | 3 | What to do when you don't know the words to a song |
| 46% | LALA | 4 | What you might sing if you don't know the words |
| 46% | HUM | 3 | What you can do if you don't know the words |
| 45% | PAYCASH | 7 | What you may have to do if someone doesn't take charge? |
| 44% | CONTRARIAN | 10 | One who doesn't do what's expected |
| 43% | IMKIDDING | 9 | Words from someone who doesn't want to be taken seriously |
| 42% | COMA | 4 | What someone who is out might be in |
| 42% | HINT | 4 | What someone who's puzzled might ask for |
| 41% | LEFTHAND | 8 | Right one doesn't know what this one is doing |
| 40% | ZENMASTER | 9 | Someone who always knows the way? |
| 40% | LIAR | 4 | Someone who does not tell the truth |
| 40% | REST | 4 | What the defense might do |
| 40% | REST | 4 | What the defense may do |
| 40% | PEERIN | 6 | What the curious may do |
| 40% | LUMP | 4 | What someone who’s about to cry might feel in their throat |
| 40% | HEARINGDOGS | 11 | Certain assistance animals ... or what you might be doing when you say the pairs of shaded words out loud? |
| 40% | HAL | 3 | Film character who says menacingly "I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do" |
| 40% | MASH | 4 | What someone might do to potatoes or buttons |
| 40% | HONK | 4 | What someone with road rage might do often |
| 39% | SONG | 4 | What someone might break into in the shower |