| 100% | BLOW | 4 | What you do to a candle on a cake |
| 69% | BLOW | 4 | What you do to candles after making a wish |
| 68% | BLOW | 4 | What you do to birthday candles after making a wish |
| 66% | BOUNCE | 6 | What you do on a trampoline; to quickly rebound |
| 62% | DESSERTWIND | 11 | What might beat you to blowing out the candles on the cake? |
| 61% | TYPE | 4 | What you do with a keyboard on a computer |
| 60% | BEAT | 4 | What you do to a drum |
| 59% | CARVE | 5 | What you do to a pumpkin for Halloween |
| 59% | PASTE | 5 | What you do with copied text on a computer |
| 58% | TIE | 3 | What you do to a ribbon to make a bow |
| 58% | CUT | 3 | What you do to your hair at a barber shop |
| 58% | KISSING | 7 | What you may end up doing to a fool on Valentine's Day, according to a George Michael song? |
| 58% | AGE | 3 | What candles on a cake represent |
| 58% | AGE | 3 | What candles on a cake reveal |
| 58% | SIT | 3 | What you do on a chair |
| 58% | BLOW | 4 | What you do to a balloon to fill it with air |
| 58% | EDIT | 4 | What you do to a picture with filters before posting it |
| 57% | AGE | 3 | What candles on a cake may indicate |
| 57% | ANNI | 4 | What candles on a cake represent in Calabria |
| 57% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 56% | AGE | 3 | What the number of candles on a cake signify |
| 56% | AGE | 3 | What number of candles on a cake may represent |
| 56% | AGE | 3 | What number of candles on a cake may signify |
| 56% | YRS | 3 | What birthday candles on a cake represent, for short |
| 56% | AGE | 3 | What total number of candles on a cake represent |
| 56% | IDTAG | 5 | What you'd expect to see on a carousel |
| 56% | SAVE | 4 | What you do to a computer file so you don't lose your work |
| 56% | AGE | 3 | What the number of candles on a cake may represent |
| 56% | LOVELETTERS | 11 | What you have to do to be a crossword fan? |
| 56% | EMOJI | 5 | What you might use to put on a happy face? |