| 100% | WATERBED | 8 | You might make waves when you lie about this |
| 48% | WISH | 4 | You might make one when you see a falling star |
| 44% | MOVIE | 5 | You might catch this when seated with other people |
| 44% | ROUGE | 5 | This might make you blush |
| 43% | EEK | 3 | Sound you might make when a mouse scares you |
| 43% | SQUELCH | 7 | A sound you might make when walking through mud |
| 42% | ONIONS | 6 | You might cry when you chop these vegetables |
| 42% | ACNE | 4 | This might make you red in the face |
| 41% | STEW | 4 | A beef might make you do this |
| 41% | AHA | 3 | What this puzzle may make you say |
| 41% | DESSERTS | 8 | Foods that might be comforting when you are this entry spelled backward |
| 41% | PICKUPTHEPHONE | 14 | Exasperated cry you might make when being turned over to voice mail |
| 41% | SPOILER | 7 | You may want to stop reading when you see this |
| 41% | PJS | 3 | You may have a nightcap when you're in these |
| 41% | TENT | 4 | A big flap may be made about this |
| 40% | HOTWATER | 8 | You might be in this liquid when you're in trouble |
| 40% | CHOICEWORDS | 11 | You might use a few of these when you're angry |
| 40% | CACTI | 5 | You might be stuck with these when traveling in the Southwest |
| 40% | THEPLANK | 8 | A pirate might make you walk this as punishment |
| 40% | SKYY | 4 | Bottle you might use when making penne alla vodka |
| 40% | PARAFFIN | 8 | You might dip a 55-Down in this to make a candle |
| 40% | SALT | 4 | You might need this savory seasoning to make a perfect cookie sandwich |
| 40% | AHA | 3 | What you might say when you figure out this answer |
| 40% | TNT | 3 | Something about which you might say "Wow, this blew up" |
| 38% | WHATATOOL | 9 | Something you might exclaim when talking about 17-, 24-, 36- or 50-Across? |
| 38% | ALL | 3 | There's no half measures about this when you're doing the laundry |
| 37% | AWED | 4 | How you may have felt when SpaceX made its first recovery of the Falcon 9 rocket stage in 2015 |
| 37% | AHA | 3 | You might say it when you get it |
| 37% | ROOF | 4 | You may hit it when you're angry |
| 37% | INTHEWAKEOFPOSEIDON | 19 | *1970 King Crimson album whose title might make you imagine a sea god making waves |