| 100% | MADEALOTOFDOUGH | 15 | What the patissiere did for the wedding reception - which was ultimately canceled but she got paid anyway? |
| 31% | ACT | 3 | Anagram of the animal in 23a which is what Ryan Reynolds does for a living |
| 29% | TINA | 4 | ___ Turner, former member of the duo with Ike who is known for her solo hits like "What's Love Got To Do with It" and "Private Dancer" |
| 28% | ERODE | 5 | What the Himalayas will do for millennia |
| 28% | ABIDING | 7 | What the Dude is known for doing |
| 27% | PURPOSE | 7 | The reason for which something is done |
| 27% | RUBHERDUCKIE | 12 | What she did to get the soap off of the bath toy? |
| 27% | ITINA | 5 | Autobiography on which the biopic "What's Love Got to Do With It" is based |
| 27% | MARCH | 5 | What ants do in a line, which is also the third month on the calendar? |
| 27% | ODA | 3 | Whoopi's role for which she got the 1991 Oscar: ___ Mae |
| 26% | ROOF | 4 | Now you know what to look for, but where is it? (1/5) Did it fall out when Santa landed on the ___ of the house? |
| 26% | PREPARE | 7 | What one should do for the worst |
| 26% | SIT | 3 | What the crowd does for mellow show |
| 26% | SURFING | 7 | Johnny Utah was paid by the FBI for doing this |
| 25% | ONTHECLOCK | 10 | Getting paid for work, and what an element of 17-, 23-, 38-, and 49-Across may be |
| 25% | ERODE | 5 | What the Colorado River will continue to do to the canyon for a few more zillion years |
| 25% | LOCKHERROOM | 11 | What she did to not be bothered by the rest of the family? |
| 25% | NICKELODEON | 11 | Pay TV network which was launched as the first cable channel for children and airs "Dora the Explorer" |
| 25% | ALL | 3 | "This is to a girl who got into my head with ___ the pretty things she did" |
| 25% | POUNDCAKE | 9 | What the recipe is for |
| 25% | ALIGN | 5 | What the stars do when something is meant to be |
| 25% | HAS | 3 | "What do you get for the person who ___ everything?" |
| 25% | SNEEZED | 7 | What Fred Ott did in the first movie to be copyrighted |
| 25% | UPSELL | 6 | What the clues for 4-, 8-, 10-, 28- and 39-Down are trying to do, and what their answers feature |
| 25% | THRU | 4 | Where Dolly Parton was Travelin' when she got an 2005 Oscar nomination for Best Original Song in the movie "Transamerica" |
| 25% | WARMINGUP | 9 | Getting ready to exercise ... or what the words composed of circled letters are doing when read from left to right? |
| 24% | HAS | 3 | "She ___ what it takes." ("She is competent enough for the job.") |
| 24% | FIELD | 5 | "Love ___," 1992 drama film starring Michelle Pfeiffer for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress |
| 24% | SKI | 3 | What people who head for the hills do? |
| 24% | IRS | 3 | Org. whose headquarters bears the inscription “Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society” |