| 100% | ENROL | 5 | What you had to do in order to vote in last year's Australian general election |
| 42% | CUTOUTTHEMIDDLEMAN | 18 | What you have to do before entering seven answers in this puzzle? |
| 40% | FOILEDYOURTAXES | 15 | What your accountant has hopefully done by April 15 in order to leave you owing nothing? |
| 39% | TAKEITDOWNANOTCH | 16 | Reduce one’s excitement slightly ... or what you have to do to the final letter of five long answers in this puzzle? |
| 38% | DROPMEALINE | 11 | "Don't be a stranger!" ... or what you have to do three times in this puzzle |
| 36% | PAYCOD | 6 | What you may have to do for goods bought by mail order |
| 35% | LOVELETTERS | 11 | What you have to do to be a crossword fan? |
| 34% | 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) |
| 34% | 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) |
| 34% | 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) |
| 34% | 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) |
| 34% | 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) |
| 34% | WALKTHEBEET | 11 | What you have to do twice a day with your pet Beta vulgaris, maybe? |
| 33% | RHYME | 5 | What words don't have to do in free verse |
| 33% | 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) |
| 33% | CONVERTTOMETRIC | 15 | What you have to do to interpret the answers to 16-, 25- and 40-Across |
| 33% | 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) |
| 33% | DIAL | 4 | What you had to physically do to make phone calls, decades ago |
| 33% | VEER | 4 | What you'll have to do when the load of watermelons spills out of the truck traveling in front of you |
| 32% | HIRE | 4 | You need to do this in order to fire |
| 32% | RAISELOADSOFASH | 15 | What you have to do if you want to make a serious bid for king of the forest? |
| 32% | SLID | 4 | What Elizabeth Warren's poll numbers appear to have done in December and January |
| 32% | ROW | 3 | What you do, do, do to your boat, in a nursery rhyme |
| 32% | COLLECT | 7 | What you do to $200 after passing go in Monopoly |
| 32% | HEELS | 5 | What Dorothy had to click together in order to leave Oz |
| 32% | OPEN | 4 | What you do to your window to let in fresh air |
| 32% | EXHALE | 6 | What to do after you breathe in |
| 31% | CABLE | 5 | What you subscribe to in order to watch Bravo and History Channel |
| 31% | FOLD | 4 | What you might do to shirts before putting them in a suitcase |
| 31% | PASSNOTES | 9 | Furtively communicate in class, or what you need to do seven times in this puzzle |