| 100% | MEN | 3 | "__ Explain Things to Me": 2014 Rebecca Solnit essay anthology |
| 72% | MEN | 3 | “___ Explain Things to Me” (Rebecca Solnit essay collection) |
| 70% | MEN | 3 | "___ Explain Things to Me" (Rebecca Solnit essay collection) |
| 62% | MEN | 3 | ___ Explain Things to Me (Rebecca Solnit book) |
| 61% | MEN | 3 | Rebecca Solnit's "__ Explain Things to Me" |
| 47% | REBECCASOLNIT | 13 | “Men Explain Things to Me” author |
| 38% | ANNA | 4 | Akana who co-hosts the podcast "Explain Things to Me" |
| 36% | HAIR | 4 | "You Can't Touch My ___: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain" (essay collection about race and gender by Phoebe Robinson) |
| 34% | TOUCH | 5 | Phoebe Robinson's "You Can't ___ My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain" |
| 30% | SORTYOURSELFOUT | 15 | "Come back to me when things are less hectic" |
| 29% | ALSO | 4 | "___, I forgot to mention.." (And another thing) |
| 29% | THAT | 4 | The thing I'm pointing to |
| 29% | ALSO | 4 | "___, I forgot to mention..." ("Oh, and another thing...") |
| 29% | PPS | 3 | "Another thing I forgot to mention ...": Abbr. |
| 29% | ANALOGY | 7 | A comparison of one thing to another when you are explaining something |
| 28% | OURS | 4 | What things belonging to you and me are |
| 28% | TEEITUP | 7 | "Get ready for me to swing at that thing!" |
| 28% | ICANRELATE | 10 | "Same thing happened to me" |
| 27% | AMEN | 4 | Repeated word in Hozier's 2014 hit "Take Me to Church" |
| 26% | OKIMLOST | 8 | "Wait ... please explain that to me again": 3 wds. |
| 26% | HERESWHY | 8 | "Allow me to explain," and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 26% | PAAR | 4 | Jack who quipped "A funny thing happened to my mother one day: Me" |
| 26% | SPAREME | 7 | "Don't bother explaining, I don't want to hear it": 2 wds. |
| 25% | DEEPSIGH | 8 | [I have to explain this again?] |
| 25% | ISEE | 4 | "Things are clear to me now" |
| 25% | GOT | 3 | "I've ___ better things to do!" |
| 25% | WARTIME | 7 | "The last thing I wanted to do was to be a ___ president": Lyndon Johnson |
| 25% | DUES | 4 | Things to pay |
| 25% | AGENDA | 6 | Things to do |
| 25% | FARE | 4 | Things to eat |