| 100% | LICK | 4 | What to do to the gummy part of an envelope |
| 57% | RESERVE | 7 | What one can do to the last parts of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 57% | SAY | 3 | What you can do to the first parts of 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 57% | THROW | 5 | What one might do to the last parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 56% | FETCH | 5 | What a dog may do to the last parts of 17- and 51-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 52% | YOLKY | 5 | Relating to the yellow part of an egg |
| 52% | GOINCIRCLES | 11 | *Be repetitive ... or what parts of the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 51% | RUNS | 4 | Does the last part of an Ironman |
| 51% | SNAPCHAT | 8 | Popular mobile app ... and, as shown by circles, what the inner parts of the answers to starred clues do |
| 51% | WED | 3 | What to do in the "Chapel of Love" |
| 51% | STOP | 4 | What to do in the name of love? |
| 51% | LEADDOGS | 8 | Iditarod front-runners ... or what both parts of the answers to starred clues can do? |
| 51% | HEYYOU | 6 | What to yell to get the attention of an unknown person: 2 wds. |
| 50% | SEAL | 4 | What to do to a deal or an envelope |
| 50% | EAR | 3 | Part of the body that becomes what it does if you put an H in front of it |
| 50% | OPENDOOR | 8 | Welcoming symbol ... or what each part of the answers to the six starred clues can do? |
| 49% | STOP | 4 | What to do "in the name of love," according to The Supremes |
| 48% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 48% | CUTTINGTHECARDS | 15 | Part of a blackjack dealer's ritual … or what this answer is doing vis-à-vis the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | GOONAHEAD | 9 | "Don't wait for me to proceed" ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue can do? |
| 48% | PUTONESFOOTINIT | 15 | Say the wrong thing, or what to do with the first words of the starred answers |
| 47% | MILKS | 5 | What a farmhand does to the udders of a 43-Down |
| 47% | STOP | 4 | What The Supremes told us to do "in the Name of Love" |
| 47% | OLYMPICMEDDLE | 13 | What the Greek gods tended to do in the lives of mortals? |
| 47% | RUBHERDUCKIE | 12 | What she did to get the soap off of the bath toy? |
| 47% | WATERSKI | 8 | What to do when you're at the end of your rope? |
| 46% | REBEL | 5 | What many teenagers do, to the chagrin of their parents |
| 46% | LOCKHERROOM | 11 | What she did to not be bothered by the rest of the family? |
| 46% | UNITE | 5 | What Communists want workers of the world to do |
| 46% | ACT | 3 | What 30a would do as part of the profession |