| 100% | TELEPORT | 8 | You do this to "beam out" in some sci-fi films |
| 44% | METEOR | 6 | Earth threat in some sci-fi films |
| 44% | METEOR | 6 | Planetary threat in some sci-fi films |
| 40% | HIRE | 4 | You need to do this in order to fire |
| 40% | CORNERTHEMARKET | 15 | What you might do after some financial trading ... or in this puzzle? |
| 39% | EXERCISE | 8 | Do this to stay in shape |
| 39% | RUNUPATAB | 9 | Accumulate charges … or what you must do to answer four clues in this puzzle |
| 39% | FINGERS | 7 | *Digits used to count that you may put in and out while doing 20a |
| 38% | PASSNOTES | 9 | Furtively communicate in class, or what you need to do seven times in this puzzle |
| 38% | LEANON | 6 | Do this to me, when you're not strong |
| 38% | DREAM | 5 | "Whenever I want you, all I have to do" is this, in an Everly Brothers hit |
| 38% | DROPMEALINE | 11 | "Don't be a stranger!" ... or what you have to do three times in this puzzle |
| 38% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 37% | BODY | 4 | (5/6) Next, detail out everything you want to communicate in this main part of the letter |
| 37% | DEPUFF | 6 | *You can do this to your eyes by placing some 7a's bags on them |
| 37% | TOOLSOFTHETRADE | 15 | You need these to do the job |
| 36% | INTERLOCK | 9 | Some floorboards do this to connect |
| 36% | MAKEA | 5 | With 69- and 70-Across, get to the point . . . or what you’ll need to do with some of the answers in this puzzle? |
| 36% | WRESTLE | 7 | If you do this, you might get pinned to the mat |
| 36% | USEIT | 5 | "It's in the Way That You" do this, to Clapton |
| 36% | ANTE | 4 | Do this if you want to get a hand |
| 36% | INVADER | 7 | Martian, in some sci-fi |
| 36% | TERRA | 5 | Earth, in some sci-fi |
| 35% | THEMATRIX | 9 | Keanu Reeves played Neo in this sci-fi film |
| 35% | TERRA | 5 | Earth, in some sci-fi novels |
| 35% | ALIENS | 6 | Invaders in some sci-fi movies |
| 35% | THEMATRIX | 9 | 1999 sci-fi action movie added to the National Film Registry in 2012: 2 wds |
| 35% | ALGAE | 5 | Did you know, some icebergs can look green due to "this organism growing on them"? |
| 35% | TAKEITDOWNANOTCH | 16 | Reduce one’s excitement slightly ... or what you have to do to the final letter of five long answers in this puzzle? |
| 35% | FRONTGATE | 9 | Lock this to keep salesmen out and dogs in |