| 100% | HAVEANERAFORMUSIC | 17 | What the Beatles were able to do? |
| 61% | SPEAKSFLY | 9 | Is able to translate what was heard on the wall? |
| 59% | DIE | 3 | What the Ramones were "Too Tough to" do |
| 56% | STAND | 5 | What to do when the national anthem is played |
| 55% | SNEEZED | 7 | What Fred Ott did in the first movie to be copyrighted |
| 54% | EASE | 4 | Being able to do a task quickly |
| 54% | HASASHOT | 8 | Might be able to do it |
| 54% | UNABLE | 6 | Not being able to do something |
| 53% | REUNITE | 7 | What the Beatles never did |
| 52% | SINGINGTHEBLUES | 15 | What the artists of 16-, 27- and 49-Across are doing (in reference to the last words of their hits)? |
| 51% | AFFORD | 6 | Be able to meet the expense of |
| 51% | RETRIEVE | 8 | What Chesapeake dogs are trained to do |
| 51% | TELLNOTALES | 11 | What dead men are said to do |
| 51% | JAW | 3 | What the teeth are connected to |
| 51% | POSSIBLE | 8 | Able to be done |
| 50% | AFFORD | 6 | To be able to do something without a problem |
| 50% | BREAKINGUP | 10 | What Sedaka said was "hard to do" |
| 50% | JUMPOVERBOARDERS | 16 | What the acrobatic landlady liked to do? |
| 50% | IVE | 3 | The Beatles' "All ___ Got to Do" |
| 49% | RUNOUTOFEXCUSES | 15 | No longer be able to escape the facts |
| 49% | MUSEE | 5 | What the Louvre is, to a Parisian |
| 49% | SOW | 3 | What Tears for Fears will do to "The Seeds of Love" |
| 49% | SEE | 3 | With 46-Across, be angry ... or what you can do inside the answers to the six starred clues |
| 49% | ENEMY | 5 | What the villain is to the hero |
| 49% | RISE | 4 | What the sun will do tomorrow morning |
| 49% | JUSTIFIES | 9 | What the end does to the means |
| 49% | PLAYAREA | 8 | What the keys are to a pianist? |
| 48% | PUTONASHOW | 10 | Perform in the theater ... and what can be done to the end of 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 48% | SIGHTRHYME | 10 | What the answer to each capitalized clue is |
| 48% | POKERHAND | 9 | What the answer to each starred clue is |