| 100% | PRY | 3 | With 4-Down, use a crowbar to remove, say |
| 51% | GET | 3 | With 4-Down, catch a bug, say |
| 49% | CHEAT | 5 | With 4-Down, time to eat brownies during a diet |
| 49% | PRY | 3 | Use a crowbar, say |
| 47% | PRY | 3 | To open something, with a crowbar say |
| 47% | DRY | 3 | Use a towel to remove water |
| 47% | FORCE | 5 | Use a crowbar on, say |
| 47% | SHAVES | 6 | Uses a razor to remove hair |
| 47% | PRIEDOPEN | 9 | Used a crowbar on, say |
| 47% | BRAKE | 5 | With 4-Down, what may be cut to sabotage a car in movies |
| 46% | DISINFECT | 9 | Use a product to remove germs from an area |
| 45% | PEKOE | 5 | Variety to use with a 48-Down |
| 45% | STIR | 4 | Use a spoon to mix, say |
| 45% | SIP | 3 | Use a straw to drink, say |
| 45% | SWEEP | 5 | Use a broom to clean the floor, say |
| 45% | HEAT | 4 | Use a microwave to warm food quickly, say |
| 45% | HARPER | 6 | With 4-Down, "To Kill a Mockingbird" writer |
| 44% | DREW | 4 | Used a pencil to create a stick figure, say |
| 44% | TICKLES | 7 | Uses a feather to bring on the giggles, say |
| 44% | OUST | 4 | To remove forcibly, as with a dictator |
| 44% | UNSCREWED | 9 | Detached using a tool to remove metal pin |
| 43% | WINDSURF | 8 | Use a board with a sail to do this |
| 43% | SLITOPEN | 8 | Prepare to remove a letter from, say |
| 43% | STRIP | 5 | Remove with a sandblaster, say |
| 43% | ILL | 3 | Down with a fever, say |
| 43% | ILL | 3 | Down with a bug, say |
| 42% | SKIS | 4 | Use a pair of these to slide down the mountain |
| 42% | SIGN | 4 | Use a closed fist to represent the letter S, say |
| 42% | STAB | 4 | Stick with a 4-Across, say |
| 42% | DOUBLEFEATURE | 13 | Drive-in theater draw ... with a literal hint to 4- and 21-Down |