| 100% | PENIN | 5 | With ___ hand (ready to write) |
| 67% | ONTAP | 5 | Ready to hand |
| 65% | CUED | 4 | Ready to play, with "up" |
| 65% | TEED | 4 | Ready to go, with "up" |
| 63% | STY | 3 | Pen impossible to write with |
| 62% | REDINK | 6 | What to write write-offs with |
| 62% | SLATE | 5 | Something to write on with chalk |
| 62% | PENCIL | 6 | Wood and graphite to write with |
| 62% | TEED | 4 | Got ready to drive, with "up" |
| 62% | SADDLE | 6 | Get ready to ride, with "up" |
| 62% | TEE | 3 | Get ready to start, with "up" |
| 62% | ROSINED | 7 | Got ready to fiddle with, perhaps |
| 62% | TEE | 3 | Get ready to swing, with "up" |
| 62% | LACE | 4 | Get ready to play, with "up" |
| 62% | TEE | 3 | Get ready to drive, with "up" |
| 62% | SADDLED | 7 | Got ready to ride, with "up" |
| 62% | LACE | 4 | Get ready to skate, with "up" |
| 61% | ANTES | 5 | Gets ready to play a poker hand |
| 60% | LACES | 5 | Gets ready to play, say, with "up" |
| 60% | LACES | 5 | Gets ready to play hockey, with "up" |
| 60% | HOLD | 4 | To grasp with both hands? |
| 59% | LACES | 5 | Gets ready to play basketball, say, with "up" |
| 59% | IMALLIN | 7 | "So ready to do this with you forever" |
| 59% | DROP | 4 | With 2-Down, write to somebody |
| 59% | KNEAD | 5 | To work dough with your hands |
| 57% | LEFTHAND | 8 | Non-southpaws may find it hard to write with this |
| 57% | JOHN | 4 | Write to him to break up with someone |
| 57% | LETTERED | 8 | Wrote symbols by hand for someone to read |
| 57% | SHA | 3 | With 65-Across, "Born to Hand Jive" group |
| 57% | WAVEAT | 6 | Signal "Hi!" to with a hand |