| 100% | BASEMAN | 7 | Who or What, to Bud Abbott |
| 49% | NAMESAKE | 8 | Who or what someone is titled after |
| 49% | ELSE | 4 | Word after who or what |
| 49% | EVER | 4 | Suffix with who or what |
| 48% | ISIT | 4 | Questioning words after who or what |
| 48% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | Designation for who or what, perhaps |
| 45% | SHE | 3 | What to call a sow or cow |
| 45% | FOLLOWTHEBOUNCINGBALL | 21 | Karaoke instruction ... or what to do starting at 10-Down |
| 44% | STIR | 4 | What to do after adding cream or sugar |
| 44% | EAT | 3 | What to do in a trattoria or brasserie |
| 44% | BOWL | 4 | What to eat cereal or soup out of |
| 44% | TASTE | 5 | Lead-in to bud or maker |
| 44% | STEM | 4 | What to hold when the bud's for you |
| 44% | SEAL | 4 | What to do to a deal or an envelope |
| 43% | QUES | 4 | Who, what or where sentence: Abbr. |
| 43% | QUESTION | 8 | Who, what, when, where or why |
| 43% | SELF | 4 | What "I" or "me" refers to |
| 42% | BARRIER | 7 | *Obstruction, or what 13a could refer to in architecture |
| 42% | PET | 3 | Furry friend, or what you might do to one |
| 42% | SECOND | 6 | What's position, to Abbott and Costello |
| 42% | TIP | 3 | What may come to those who wait |
| 42% | ANAGRAM | 7 | What "vile" or "live" is to "evil" |
| 42% | PET | 3 | Bud or Lou, to Harley Quinn |
| 42% | WORKOUTTHEBUGS | 14 | Gradually fix something ... or what to do to understand this puzzle's italicized clues? |
| 42% | TAKEOFF | 7 | Leave ... or what to do as you enter the answer to the previous clue |
| 42% | CUTIN | 5 | Interrupt ... or what to do as you enter the answer to the previous clue |
| 41% | DRAWCONCLUSIONS | 15 | Infer ... or what the answers to starred clues end with? |
| 41% | UPPERHAND | 9 | Advantage ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 41% | UNIT | 4 | *___ of measurement (standardized quantity), or what 13a could refer to |
| 41% | ANIMAL | 6 | *Creature in the zoo, or what 13a could refer to |