| 100% | FAINT | 5 | What you're likely to do if you have a vasovagal syncope |
| 56% | CASED | 5 | What you may have done to a joint, specially if you're up to no good |
| 54% | RESAW | 5 | What you may have to do if you don't measure twice |
| 54% | RESAW | 5 | What you never have to do if you measure twice before cutting |
| 52% | PAYCASH | 7 | What you may have to do if someone doesn't take charge? |
| 51% | ANTE | 4 | What to do if you'd like a hand |
| 51% | RAISELOADSOFASH | 15 | What you have to do if you want to make a serious bid for king of the forest? |
| 51% | DENYIT | 6 | What to do if someone makes a false accusation about you |
| 51% | RINSE | 5 | What to do if you’ve gotten yourself into a lather? |
| 51% | TOW | 3 | What you would do to a car that has broken down |
| 47% | EAT | 3 | Something you really have to do if you want to live to a ripe old age |
| 47% | LOVELETTERS | 11 | What you have to do to be a crossword fan? |
| 47% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 46% | GETBIT | 6 | What's likely to happen to you if you choose amateur snake milking as a hobby |
| 46% | ASK | 3 | What it doesn't hurt to do if you're confused, they say |
| 46% | EAT | 3 | What you're not usually allowed to do in a library |
| 45% | WALKTHEBEET | 11 | What you have to do twice a day with your pet Beta vulgaris, maybe? |
| 44% | LEANONME | 8 | What to do "when you're not strong," in a 1972 hit |
| 44% | ADD | 3 | What to do when you see a plus sign |
| 44% | HAND | 4 | "Raise your ___," what students might be instructed to do in school if they have a question |
| 44% | DROPMEALINE | 11 | "Don't be a stranger!" ... or what you have to do three times in this puzzle |
| 43% | GETSMARTFRIENDS | 15 | What to do if you want to win bar trivia? |
| 43% | EXIT | 4 | What to do when you have nothing left to say? |
| 43% | JOINEM | 6 | What to do if you can't beat the suckers |
| 43% | RECALCULATE | 11 | What 14-Across will do if you miss a turn |
| 43% | ANTE | 4 | What you may need to do to get a hand |
| 43% | TAP | 3 | "What do you have on ___?" (question to a bartender) |
| 43% | AAA | 3 | Type of battery, or who to call if you have a dead battery |
| 43% | ASK | 3 | What to do if you don't see what you want |
| 43% | ADD | 3 | What to do when you see a plus sign in Math |