| 100% | REEDIT | 6 | What you might have to do when you find your earth-shattering column on dandelions is 372 words too long for the space allowed |
| 32% | REAR | 4 | What your American Saddlebred might do when you stick the rowels in too hard |
| 31% | PAYCOD | 6 | What you may have to do for goods bought by mail order |
| 31% | ROOF | 4 | Now you know what to look for, but where is it? (1/5) Did it fall out when Santa landed on the ___ of the house? |
| 30% | HEARINGDOGS | 11 | Certain assistance animals ... or what you might be doing when you say the pairs of shaded words out loud? |
| 29% | HUM | 3 | What to do when you don't know the words |
| 29% | HURTLED | 7 | What you may have done on the UAE's Formula Rossa |
| 29% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 29% | WATERSKI | 8 | What to do when you're at the end of your rope? |
| 29% | VEER | 4 | What you'll have to do when the load of watermelons spills out of the truck traveling in front of you |
| 29% | HUM | 3 | What to do when you don't know the words to a song |
| 29% | STARTOVER | 9 | It may be the best thing to do when you're stuck |
| 28% | BEEN | 4 | “It is never too late to be what you might have ___” (George Eliot) |
| 28% | EARTH | 5 | What you might "come down to" after having your head in the clouds |
| 28% | AMORE | 5 | What it is when "the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine" |
| 28% | RESAW | 5 | What you may have to do if you don't measure twice |
| 28% | NET | 3 | The Inter___ allows you to do crosswords on your phone |
| 27% | PEDAL | 5 | What it's harder to do on an exercise bike when you increase the resistance |
| 27% | GREASE | 6 | Something you might have to do to your cookie sheet prior to slinging your oatmeal-banana-raisin vegan cookies in the oven |
| 27% | SCRAPHEAP | 9 | When too old for work you are on the __ (the tip) |
| 27% | LOGIN | 5 | What you usually have to do to look at your bank statement |
| 27% | PAYCASH | 7 | What you may have to do if someone doesn't take charge? |
| 27% | IDLING | 6 | What you're doing when you're waiting for the light to change |
| 27% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 27% | HOLDTHEFLOOR | 12 | What to do while the joists are being installed as you yatter on unendingly? |
| 27% | ROLL | 4 | "Rock and ___," song by Led Zeppelin or what you might do to shape snow into the perfect base for a snowman |
| 27% | IMPAIR | 6 | What being over the legal limit might do to you |
| 26% | HAL | 3 | Speaker of the film line "This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it" |
| 26% | ROW | 3 | You may have to do this if your Mercury Pro XS quits |
| 26% | THATSAWRAP | 10 | "And we're done!" ... or what you might say when you see the words hidden in the themed answers? |