| 100% | NOTSO | 5 | "___ fast!" (words from a TV cop): 2 wds. |
| 66% | AFOR | 4 | "___ effort" (encouraging words from a teacher): 2 wds. |
| 64% | IREST | 5 | "___ my case! (closing words from a lawyer): 2 wds. |
| 64% | IDO | 3 | Union words from a bride and groom: 2 wds. |
| 63% | AMI | 3 | "___ making myself clear?" (stern words from a parent): 2 wds. |
| 61% | IMSAD | 5 | Words from a teary-eyed person (2 wds.) |
| 61% | ICANT | 5 | Words from a quitter (2 wds.) |
| 61% | ARETO | 5 | "You ___ complete your homework this instant!" (stern words from a parent): 2 wds. |
| 58% | IMOUT | 5 | "___ of here." (words from a deserter): 2 wds. |
| 58% | NICEDOG | 7 | Words from a nervous visitor to a growling pooch (2 wds.) |
| 58% | AMI | 3 | "___ clear?" (words from a parent): 2 wds. |
| 56% | WERELIVE | 8 | Opening words from a TV news reporter |
| 54% | IMOK | 4 | Reassuring words from someone who took a tumble (2 wds.) |
| 52% | YOUARE | 6 | With 67-Across, dreaded words from a cop? |
| 51% | ARING | 5 | "...you shoulda put ___ on it...." (words from a Beyonce hit): 2 wds. |
| 51% | ETTU | 4 | "___, Brute!" (dying words from Julius Caesar): 2 wds. |
| 51% | IDO | 3 | Pledge from a bride and groom: 2 wds. |
| 51% | IDO | 3 | Vow from a bride or groom: 2 wds. |
| 51% | IDO | 3 | Response from a bride or groom: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ITSOVER | 7 | Words before a breakup: 2 wds. |
| 51% | IDO | 3 | Words at a wedding: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ORELSE | 6 | Words concluding a threat: 2 wds. |
| 51% | HOPIN | 5 | Words to a hitchhiker: 2 wds. |
| 51% | INSUM | 5 | Words before a conclusion: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ETTU | 4 | Words to a traitor: 2 wds. |
| 51% | STOODUP | 7 | Arose from a chair: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ILIED | 5 | Confession from a fibber: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ONTAP | 5 | Available from a keg: 2 wds. |
| 51% | GETSUP | 6 | Rises from a seat: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ONTAP | 5 | Served from a keg: 2 wds. |