| 100% | SPIT | 4 | What you might do to a watermelon seed you don't want to swallow |
| 55% | END | 3 | What you don't want a good show to do |
| 51% | POP | 3 | What you may do to a pimple? |
| 49% | TOSS | 4 | What you might do to a salad using two wooden spoons |
| 49% | SAVE | 4 | What you do to a computer file so you don't lose your work |
| 49% | RESAW | 5 | What you may have to do if you don't measure twice |
| 49% | ANTE | 4 | What you may do to get a hand |
| 48% | POKE | 4 | What you might do to a turtle that's withdrawn into its shell |
| 47% | HUM | 3 | What you can do if you don't want to sing along |
| 47% | FOLD | 4 | What you might do to shirts before putting them in a suitcase |
| 47% | ASK | 3 | What to do if you don't see what you want |
| 46% | LIE | 3 | What you'd do if you don't want the truth to come out |
| 46% | ANTE | 4 | What you may need to do to get a hand |
| 46% | HUM | 3 | What to do when you don't know the words to a song |
| 45% | STING | 5 | What a jellyfish might do to you |
| 45% | STING | 5 | What a bee might do to you |
| 45% | STARTLE | 7 | What a ghost might do to you |
| 45% | SUE | 3 | What you might hire a lawyer to do |
| 45% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 45% | TEAR | 4 | What you don't want your pants to do when you bend over |
| 44% | THORN | 5 | Part of a rose that you don't want to touch |
| 44% | READABLE | 8 | Like a book that you don't want to put down |
| 43% | DRAG | 4 | Boring task you don't want to do |
| 43% | GEL | 3 | What you want a jam session to do |
| 43% | BADIDEA | 7 | "No, you don't want to do that" |
| 43% | FRISKS | 6 | What the TSA does if you don't want to go through the full body scan machine |
| 43% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 43% | ROLL | 4 | "Rock and ___," song by Led Zeppelin or what you might do to shape snow into the perfect base for a snowman |
| 43% | THATGUY | 7 | Fellow you don't want to be, in a phrase |
| 43% | NSF | 3 | Letters you don't want to see on a check |