| 100% | APIG | 4 | "...that farm there was __, E-I-E-I-O..." |
| 78% | APIG | 4 | "Éand on that farm there was __É" |
| 62% | SONNET | 6 | "O, never say that I was false of heart ...," e.g. |
| 62% | FALSEBINARY | 11 | Assumption that there are two genders, e.g. |
| 59% | CONSONANT | 9 | Letter that isn't A, E, I, O, or U |
| 57% | ORISTHEYLEGS | 12 | "Tell me, O Octopus, I begs, / Is those things arms ...?" |
| 56% | ASDOI | 5 | "Before me there were no created things but those that last forever--___": Dante |
| 55% | EGS | 3 | I'm happy to say that there are none of these in this puzzle's clues! |
| 55% | SYZYGY | 6 | Highest-scoring Scrabble word that doesn't use A, E, I, O or U |
| 55% | ICANNOT | 7 | "There is no way for me to do that" |
| 55% | RSVP | 4 | "I'll be there" message, e.g. |
| 53% | OINK | 4 | "there was a pig, E-I-E-I-O. With an __." |
| 53% | VOWEL | 5 | E, I, E, I or O |
| 52% | PUN | 3 | "I told a chemistry joke, but there was no REACTION," e.g. |
| 52% | CHORD | 5 | "Now I've heard there was a secret ___ / That David played and it pleased the Lord" ("Hallelujah" lyric) |
| 52% | INNUENDO | 8 | "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?," e.g. |
| 52% | EER | 3 | "Give my regards to old Broadway / And say that I'll be there ___ long" |
| 51% | TARRAGON | 8 | "I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough ___ around." — James Beard |
| 51% | ALIBI | 5 | "I was out of town that night," e.g. |
| 51% | LEE | 3 | "Is That All There Is" singer Peggy |
| 51% | ALIBI | 5 | "I couldn't have robbed that bank, because I was at a crossword tournament," e.g. |
| 51% | CRYIN | 5 | 1993 Aerosmith hit that begins "There was a time / When I was so broken-hearted" |
| 50% | MACDONALD | 9 | Old __ had a farm, E-I-E-I-O |
| 50% | ALL | 3 | "Is that ___ there is?" |
| 49% | NEER | 4 | "O That I Had ___ Been Married" (Robert Burns poem) |
| 49% | WASA | 4 | "...and on that farm, there __ pig..." |
| 48% | FARM | 4 | Word before "E, I, E, I, O," in song |
| 48% | OIL | 3 | Upton Sinclair work that inspired There Will Be Blood |
| 48% | WARN | 4 | Notify that there is danger |
| 48% | DONE | 4 | Been there, ___ that |