| 100% | STIR | 4 | What to do to paint that's in a just-opened can |
| 54% | EIGHT | 5 | Number that sounds like "ate" or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 7d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 50% | AJAR | 4 | Just open enough that a little air can get in |
| 49% | TAP | 3 | Action that can be done to a phone, in more ways than one |
| 47% | TWO | 3 | Pair count or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 45d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 47% | FOUR | 4 | Beatles count or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 35d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 47% | THREE | 5 | Trio number or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 37d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 46% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 46% | SEVEN | 5 | Oft lucky number or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 18d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 46% | NINE | 4 | Cat lives count or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 3d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 46% | ROW | 3 | What to do "gently down the stream," in a song |
| 46% | WEARIT | 6 | What to do "if the shoe fits," in a saying |
| 46% | FIVE | 4 | Half of a decade or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 34d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 45% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 45% | FRAMEOFMIND | 11 | "___? That's what holds a painting in your imagination" |
| 45% | IMPOSSIBLY | 10 | In a way that can't be done |
| 45% | EAT | 3 | What to do in a trattoria or brasserie |
| 45% | ATE | 3 | What seven did to nine, in a joke |
| 45% | POKE | 4 | What you might do to a turtle that's withdrawn into its shell |
| 44% | DIALM | 5 | What to do "for murder" in a Hitchcock film |
| 44% | STOOPS | 6 | What She does to Conquer in a Goldsmith play |
| 44% | TOSS | 4 | What they do to a coin in Netflix's "The Witcher" according to Jaskier the Bard's song |
| 44% | FLYLIKEANEAGLE | 14 | What the U.S. Postal Service used to do (ending in a two under) |
| 43% | ADD | 3 | What to do when you see a plus sign in Math |
| 43% | ROOM | 4 | What's left in a cup of coffee so that you can add cream and sugar |
| 43% | OBEY | 4 | What a well-trained dog will do in response to its owner's commands |
| 43% | LEANONME | 8 | What to do "when you're not strong," in a 1972 hit |
| 43% | DEAFEN | 6 | What listening to a Manowar concert can do |
| 43% | BLED | 4 | What I always did to the car brakes after changing the fluid in those days when I was a DIY car guy (I no longer am!) |
| 42% | RECLINE | 7 | To lie back, in a chair that does it for you |