| 100% | POEM | 4 | "A ___ should not mean / But be": MacLeish |
| 96% | POEM | 4 | "A ___ should not mean / But be": Archibald MacLeish |
| 77% | POEM | 4 | It "should not mean / But be," per Archibald MacLeish |
| 65% | APOEM | 5 | MacLiesh said it "should not mean / But be" |
| 53% | EXIST | 5 | Be a chauvinist, but not initially |
| 52% | WONONPOINTS | 11 | Was victorious, but not by a knockout |
| 52% | AMPHIBIAN | 9 | A frog is not a reptile, but an __ |
| 52% | SEEN | 4 | "Children should be ___ but not heard" |
| 52% | BALLPARK | 8 | A __ figure is close but maybe not precise |
| 50% | WONONPOINTS | 11 | Was victorious in the ring, but not by a knockout |
| 49% | RODENT | 6 | What a vole is but a mole is not |
| 49% | INJEST | 6 | As a joke, not meant to be taken seriously |
| 49% | AINT | 4 | "I may not be the brightest, but I ____ a liar!" |
| 49% | LAYMEN | 6 | Males who are members of a church but not ordained |
| 48% | THROWAWAY | 9 | Casual and not meant to be taken seriously, as a remark |
| 46% | SNIGLET | 7 | Term for a word that isn't in the dictionary but should be |
| 46% | TOBEEXPERIENCED | 15 | "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality ___" (Soren Kierkegaard) |
| 46% | YOUDBESETONSTUNNING | 19 | "I know it's not my business, but if you were a laser ..." |
| 46% | DISCLAIMER | 10 | "I am not a doctor, but I play one on TV," e.g. |
| 46% | DOGTOYS | 7 | They're chewable but not meant to be eaten |
| 46% | SNIGLET | 7 | Term for a word that isn't in the dictionary, but maybe should be |
| 45% | ARUNDHATI | 9 | Novelist Roy who said, “Our strategy should not only be to confront empire but to lay siege to it” |
| 45% | ITS | 3 | "I should be into this guy / But ___ just a waste of time" (34-Across lyric) |
| 45% | SEX | 3 | Something that might be in an R-rated movie but not a G-rated one |
| 45% | TACIT | 5 | Meant but not said |
| 45% | NOTES | 5 | They're meant to be taken in class, but not passed |
| 44% | DEFEATED | 8 | "A man can be destroyed but not ___": Hemingway |
| 44% | ALLEGED | 7 | How a newspaper article will often refer to something that's been claimed but not proven |
| 44% | TSELIOT | 7 | Who wrote "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper" |
| 44% | FREEATLAST | 10 | End of a speech that included the words "1963 is not an end, but a beginning" |