| 100% | RODEO | 5 | Workplace for a clown who in order to get the job done, sometimes has to take the bull by the horns |
| 35% | NODOFF | 6 | At midnight when I'm still writing clues for the puzzle that absolutely has to be in Florida by 8:00 am, I have a tendency to do this |
| 33% | TORERO | 6 | One who takes the bull by the horns |
| 30% | ACTS | 4 | Takes the bull by the horns |
| 29% | AVENGE | 6 | Get payback in return for a wrong done to another |
| 28% | RODEO | 5 | Where you might take the bull by the horns |
| 28% | INEPT | 5 | Unable to get the job done |
| 28% | WORKATIT | 8 | Try to get the job done |
| 28% | BIT | 3 | Piece of metal held in the mouth of a horse by reins in order to control the animal while riding |
| 28% | INEPT | 5 | Clumsy, unable to get the job done |
| 28% | FOILEDYOURTAXES | 15 | What your accountant has hopefully done by April 15 in order to leave you owing nothing? |
| 28% | PAYCOD | 6 | What you may have to do for goods bought by mail order |
| 28% | DOMBEYANDSON | 12 | Novel by Charles Dickens that deals with the story of a shipping firm owner who is frustrated at not having a son to take care of the business: 3 wds. |
| 27% | TORERO | 6 | One who might grab the bull by the horns |
| 27% | RBG | 3 | Initials of the person who said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 27% | LYRIC | 5 | "In the town where I was born / Lived a man who sailed to sea" is the first one in "Yellow Submarine," by the Beatles |
| 27% | VIOLINIST | 9 | One who takes a bow? (see 19-Down for a hint to the circles) |
| 27% | REDLIGHT | 8 | What Roxanne didn't have to put on, in a song by The Police |
| 27% | JUSTICEGINSBURG | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, who once said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 27% | CLARENCE | 8 | Darrow referred to as the "Attorney for the Damned" in a 2011 book by John A. Farrell |
| 27% | DIZZY | 5 | "I had to stop driving my car for a while, the tires got ___": Steven Wright |
| 27% | LAURA | 5 | Actress Dern who was announced to have a role in the next "Star Wars" movie |
| 27% | GIRLPOWER | 9 | Slogan thought to have originated in a 1991 zine by the punk band Bikini Kill |
| 27% | ALL | 3 | "This is to a girl who got into my head with ___ the pretty things she did" |
| 26% | APPROPRIATION | 13 | Act of taking a property without having the right to do so |
| 26% | COLDPLAY | 8 | Band who had a Rush of Blood to the Head in 2002 |
| 26% | WORKFLOW | 8 | Sequence of tasks to get a job done |
| 26% | WORKFLOW | 8 | Series of steps to get a job done |
| 26% | RANBY | 5 | Told in order to get a quick opinion |
| 26% | TBONE | 5 | Nickname George tries to get by ordering a steak at a work lunch, in a “Seinfeld” episode |