| 100% | KISSING | 7 | What you may end up doing to a fool on Valentine's Day, according to a George Michael song? |
| 41% | HURT | 4 | What you can't do to a fool, according to a Pretenders song? |
| 37% | CASED | 5 | What you may have done to a joint, specially if you're up to no good |
| 36% | CHAIN | 5 | What a "series" of fools may be called, according to an Aretha Franklin song? |
| 36% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 35% | ANTE | 4 | What you may need to do to get a hand |
| 35% | SHIP | 4 | What a fool might be using to cross the sea, according to a Grateful Dead song? |
| 34% | SUE | 3 | What you might hire a lawyer to do |
| 34% | POKE | 4 | What you might do to a turtle that's withdrawn into its shell |
| 34% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 34% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 34% | TOSS | 4 | What they do to a coin in Netflix's "The Witcher" according to Jaskier the Bard's song |
| 34% | CLEAN | 5 | Christmas is here! What can you do to be on Santa's nice list? (1/3) ___ up after yourself and don't leave a mess |
| 34% | ROLL | 4 | "Rock and ___," song by Led Zeppelin or what you might do to shape snow into the perfect base for a snowman |
| 34% | EMOJI | 5 | What you might use to put on a happy face? |
| 33% | POP | 3 | What you may do to a pimple? |
| 33% | ANTE | 4 | What you may do to get a hand |
| 33% | SLOWSTART | 9 | What you might get on a day off |
| 33% | FLIRT | 5 | What you might do on a first date |
| 33% | BLOW | 4 | What you do to a candle on a cake |
| 32% | ODOR | 4 | What you might light a scented candle to cover up |
| 32% | VISE | 4 | What you might use to get a grip on something |
| 32% | WIRELESSSPEAKER | 15 | What you might use to play music on a beach |
| 32% | ROOT | 4 | What to do "for the home team," according to a song |
| 32% | TOSS | 4 | What you might do to a salad using two wooden spoons |
| 32% | ROAM | 4 | What buffalo do on the range, according to song |
| 32% | BOUNCE | 6 | What you do on a trampoline; to quickly rebound |
| 32% | STING | 5 | What a jellyfish might do to you |
| 32% | STING | 5 | What a bee might do to you |
| 32% | STARTLE | 7 | What a ghost might do to you |