| 100% | THIS | 4 | With 7-Down, statement at a do-or-die moment |
| 49% | NOT | 3 | With 7-Down, disliking ... or at least feeling indifferent about |
| 42% | DROP | 4 | With 5-Down and 2-Down, mess up at a critical moment ... or participate in a New Year's Eve tradition? |
| 41% | ITAINTOVERUNTIL | 15 | WIth 57-Across, a die-hard's statement |
| 41% | FLY | 3 | What birds do ... or with 54a, a glowing insect |
| 41% | REIGNS | 6 | A king or queen does this; rhymes with rains |
| 40% | MASK | 4 | Prop at a masquerade party, or what you'd do to 5d |
| 40% | CLIP | 4 | A video segment, or something you would do with scissors |
| 40% | CRACKINGTHECODE | 15 | Arriving at an “Aha!” moment . . . or what this puzzle is doing vis-à-vis its circled letters |
| 40% | RING | 4 | With 7-Down, a wearable thing to taste? |
| 40% | ILL | 3 | Down with a bug or flu |
| 40% | LOOKMANOHANDS | 13 | Cry while doing a stunt ... or a hint to 2-, 7- and 12-Down |
| 39% | TRIGGER | 7 | With 25-Down, caution before a potentially upsetting lecture ... or a hint to 19- and 59-Across and 7-Down? |
| 39% | WHITE | 5 | With 7-Across, the sound of rain or a whirring fan |
| 39% | GODOWNINHISTORY | 15 | Leave a lasting legacy ... or do worse at school |
| 39% | PUMP | 4 | What you might do with gas or a fist |
| 39% | PRIZEDRAW | 9 | Raffle or lottery with a winner chosen at random |
| 39% | JUGGLES | 7 | What a circus performer does with balls or knives |
| 39% | VERB | 4 | Do or die |
| 39% | GOBBLE | 6 | With 16-Down, something a 14-Across says ... or something you do at a 14-Across 4-Down |
| 39% | PLAYS | 5 | What a kid does at the park with friends, often |
| 39% | PROFESSOR | 9 | Teacher with tenure at a university or college |
| 38% | IPAD | 4 | With 7-Down, Apple tablet with a 7.9-inch screen |
| 38% | CRAP | 4 | Lose at a dice game (with "out") |
| 38% | NOUN | 4 | Do or die, e.g. |
| 37% | LIMA | 4 | With 7 Down, Andes capital city |
| 37% | CRUNCHTIME | 10 | Do-or-die moment |
| 37% | ACASE | 5 | "_____of do or die" |
| 37% | UNPACK | 6 | Thing to do when you arrive at, or return from, a vacation spot |
| 37% | WHISK | 5 | Whip eggs or cream, as someone with cooking as a hobby may do |