| 100% | SEAL | 4 | What to do to a deal or an envelope |
| 62% | LICK | 4 | What people often do to a stamp before putting it on an envelope |
| 59% | EAT | 3 | What to do in a trattoria or brasserie |
| 56% | SLAY | 4 | What Buffy would do to a vampire or demon |
| 56% | LICK | 4 | What to do to the gummy part of an envelope |
| 55% | STANDPAT | 8 | What to do when dealt a flush |
| 54% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 54% | GNAW | 4 | What an unruly dog would do to a rug |
| 53% | BETHERMOUSETRAP | 15 | What she did to win a bragging contest with an exterminator? |
| 52% | LAID | 4 | What a chicken did to an egg |
| 52% | CUTTINGTHECARDS | 15 | Part of a blackjack dealer's ritual … or what this answer is doing vis-à-vis the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | GOLONG | 6 | What a wide receiver or an Oscar broadcast might do |
| 50% | SALE | 4 | What a car dealer or real estate agent hopes to "make" |
| 50% | TOW | 3 | What a police van would do to an ill-parked car |
| 50% | SEAL | 4 | Aquatic mammal or a way to close an envelope |
| 50% | RESET | 5 | What to do to a forgotten password |
| 48% | MASK | 4 | Prop at a masquerade party, or what you'd do to 5d |
| 48% | TOSS | 4 | Something to do to a salad or coin |
| 48% | DECIDE | 6 | What to do at a crossroads |
| 48% | UNPACK | 6 | What to do after a vacation |
| 48% | BEAT | 4 | What you do to a drum |
| 48% | SLAYS | 5 | What Buffy does to a vampire |
| 48% | POP | 3 | Something to do to a balloon or a wheelie |
| 48% | TAPON | 5 | Something to do to a shoulder or the brakes |
| 47% | ADD | 3 | What to do to get a sum |
| 47% | DECIDE | 6 | What to do at a turning point |
| 47% | SKATE | 5 | What to do at a roller rink |
| 47% | STOP | 4 | What to do at a red light |
| 47% | STIR | 4 | What to do with a coffee spoon |
| 47% | SOULSEARCH | 10 | What to do after a breakup, maybe |