| 100% | WIRELESSSPEAKER | 15 | What you might use to play music on a beach |
| 63% | EMOJI | 5 | What you might use to put on a happy face? |
| 63% | VISE | 4 | What you might use to get a grip on something |
| 54% | TOE | 3 | What you might use to test the temperature of a bath |
| 50% | TOSS | 4 | What you might do to a salad using two wooden spoons |
| 50% | CACHE | 5 | What you might be asked to clear on a tech-support call |
| 47% | KISSING | 7 | What you may end up doing to a fool on Valentine's Day, according to a George Michael song? |
| 46% | TIE | 3 | Bit of attire you might learn how to put on while using a mirror |
| 46% | STRING | 6 | What might be used to connect evidence on a detective's corkboard |
| 46% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 45% | RAG | 3 | Cloth you might use to dust a shelf |
| 44% | POP | 3 | What you may do to a pimple? |
| 44% | CLEAR | 5 | Steer ___ of, phrase you may use to avoid a problem |
| 44% | SKIRT | 5 | ___ around trouble, phrase you may use to avoid a problem |
| 44% | KEY | 3 | Lock opener that you may use to start a car |
| 44% | HEAT | 4 | You might use a thermometer to measure this |
| 44% | SLOWSTART | 9 | What you might get on a day off |
| 44% | CHANNEL | 7 | What you might surf through on a TV |
| 44% | FLIRT | 5 | What you might do on a first date |
| 44% | SUE | 3 | What you might hire a lawyer to do |
| 44% | FRESHAIR | 8 | What you might take a walk to get |
| 44% | ICE | 3 | What you might break to start a conversation? |
| 44% | AIR | 3 | What you may fill in a beach ball |
| 44% | ANTE | 4 | What you may do to get a hand |
| 43% | SNOWSHOE | 8 | Footwear that you might use to get to a ski lodge |
| 43% | STAY | 4 | Command you may use to make a dog "wait a bit" |
| 43% | DRUMS | 5 | Percussion instruments that you may use to compose a disco number |
| 43% | NAME | 4 | True ___, powerful phrase that you may use to defeat a monster |
| 43% | PLAY | 4 | Command you may use to make your dog "start a game" |
| 43% | SPEAK | 5 | Command you may use to make a dog go "woof woof" |