| 100% | ICANTGO | 7 | "A conflict keeps me from attending": 3 wds. |
| 47% | WATTSTHEPROBLEM | 15 | James is keeping me from getting a steam engine patent? |
| 41% | IEAT | 4 | "___ when I'm upset" (confession from a stress eater): 2 wds. |
| 41% | COMEGETME | 9 | "I need a ride home from school" (3 wds.) |
| 38% | DOI | 3 | "How ___ love thee? Let me count the ways" (line from a Browning sonnet): 2 wds. |
| 37% | ASKTO | 5 | "Before I built a wall I'd ___ know ... " (line from Robert Frost's "Mending Wall") (2 wds.) |
| 36% | IWONT | 5 | "___ say a word" ("I'll keep your secret"): 2 wds. |
| 36% | FUNNYTHING | 10 | 41-Across single from 28-Across that begins, "Do you mind if I wild out / A little?" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ICANHELP | 8 | "Let me give you a hand" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | UPAT | 4 | "It's keeping me ___ night": 2 wds. |
| 35% | NOWIKNOW | 8 | "That taught me a lesson" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | STIR | 4 | Keep a sauce from congealing |
| 35% | TAKE | 4 | ''__ a tip from me . . .'' |
| 35% | CALLEDON | 8 | "I ___ her on the way back from work." (paid a visit): 2 wds. |
| 35% | TRUFFLEBUTTER | 13 | Nicki Minaj hit song from "The Pinkprint" with the lyric "I floss everyday, but I ain't a dentist" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | HUNGUPON | 8 | Rudely ended a phone call from (someone): 3 wds. |
| 34% | GOSTAG | 6 | Attend a party without a date: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TIEUP | 5 | Keep occupied, as a phone line: 2 wds. |
| 34% | INCLASS | 7 | Attending a lecture, say (2 wds.) |
| 34% | REFUGE | 6 | A shelter from danger or conflict |
| 34% | ICES | 4 | Keeps from swelling, in a way |
| 34% | STIRS | 5 | Keeps a sauce from burning, say |
| 34% | GOTO | 4 | Attend, as a party (2 wds.) |
| 34% | HOLDFAST | 8 | Keep a firm grip (2 wds.) |
| 34% | STAYCALM | 8 | Keep a cool head: 2 wds. |
| 34% | AIRCOOL | 7 | Keep from overheating, in a way |
| 34% | QUASH | 5 | Keep from spreading, as a rumor |
| 34% | CAULKED | 7 | Kept from leaking, in a way |
| 34% | NEUTER | 6 | Keep from reproducing, as a pet |
| 34% | CONTAINED | 9 | Kept from spreading, as a wildfire |