| 100% | SEATED | 6 | What you're supposed to remain when you're about to land at LAX |
| 47% | GIVEITSOMEJUICE | 15 | Wry suggestion at breakfast about what to feed the cat when you're out of milk? |
| 44% | WATERSKI | 8 | What to do when you're at the end of your rope? |
| 39% | BIRTH | 5 | What to expect when you're expecting |
| 39% | BABY | 4 | What to expect when you're expecting |
| 39% | PJS | 3 | What to wear when you're undercover? |
| 38% | TAPE | 4 | What you shouldn't fight, according to an old maxim, when you're thinking about trading against the financial trend |
| 38% | ETA | 3 | When you're supposed to get there, for short |
| 36% | BREWEDAWAKENING | 15 | What you're subjected to when your alarm clock coffee maker goes off? |
| 36% | THOU | 4 | About what you're likely to pay for an iPhone XS Max, slangily |
| 35% | SELECTIONS | 10 | What you're faced with making when looking at the list of names on November 3 |
| 35% | UMS | 3 | Verbal fillers when you're not sure what to say |
| 35% | IDLING | 6 | What you're doing when you're waiting for the light to change |
| 34% | YIPS | 4 | Slangy term for that condition caused by nervousness when you're about to down that match-winning putt (with "the") |
| 34% | SEESAWS | 7 | Vacillates ... or what you can do when you look at the starts of the answers to starred clues? |
| 34% | STOP | 4 | What to do when you see red |
| 34% | LETMEGUESS | 10 | Words from someone with a good idea of what you’re about to say |
| 34% | SKIPASS | 7 | What to flash when you need a lift? |
| 34% | AMENDS | 6 | What to make when you've hurt someone |
| 33% | SPEND | 5 | What is done to money when you buy something |
| 33% | ADD | 3 | What to do when you see a plus sign |
| 33% | LINE | 4 | What you often have to wait in at Disneyland |
| 33% | ANGST | 5 | Feeling you have when you think you're about to be fired |
| 33% | EXIT | 4 | What to do when you have nothing left to say? |
| 33% | BAR | 3 | What you try to go under when doing the limbo |
| 33% | LALA | 4 | What to sing when you don't know the words |
| 33% | SHORT | 5 | What word becomes shorter when you add letters to it? |
| 33% | HUM | 3 | What to do when you don't know the words |
| 33% | ETA | 3 | When you expect to land, briefly |
| 33% | JLO | 3 | "What to Expect When You're Expecting" actress's nickname: 2 wds. |