| 100% | AVOID | 5 | "Are you trying to ___ me?" ("Are you trying to stay away from me?") |
| 59% | AVOID | 5 | Try to stay away from |
| 56% | RID | 3 | "Are you trying to get ___ of me?" |
| 55% | SEE | 3 | "That's what I was trying to tell you!" |
| 55% | ILL | 3 | "___ get back to you" ("You'll be hearing from me") |
| 54% | MRS | 3 | "___ Robinson, you're trying to seduce me" (line from "The Graduate") |
| 54% | PULLA | 5 | "Are you trying to ___ fast one on me?": 2 wds. |
| 52% | GETAT | 5 | "What are you trying to___?" |
| 52% | PIRANHA | 7 | Swimmer to stay away from |
| 52% | BITER | 5 | Dog to stay away from |
| 51% | ISOLATE | 7 | To stay away from others without having any contact |
| 50% | AVOID | 5 | To skirt around or stay away from |
| 49% | DOOR | 4 | I am what you hang a mistletoe from |
| 49% | ARE | 3 | "What ___ you trying to tell me?" |
| 49% | YOURETHEONLYTENISEE | 19 | "I don't mean to pry, but are you from Nashville? Because ..." |
| 49% | HINT | 4 | "Can't you take a ___?" ("I'm trying to be polite!") |
| 48% | LETMEKNOW | 9 | "I'll be waiting to hear from you" |
| 48% | GARLIC | 6 | Vampires are supposed to keep away from this |
| 48% | SHIED | 5 | __ away from; tried to avoid |
| 47% | TAG | 3 | Schoolyard game where you try not to be touched |
| 47% | NEWSFLASH | 9 | "Hey, let me be the first to tell you ..." |
| 47% | ROBOT | 5 | What you try to convince a captcha you are not |
| 47% | MAZE | 4 | Puzzle where you try to get from START to FINISH |
| 47% | OAR | 3 | It may be used to get away from a bank |
| 46% | JAMAICANMECRAZY | 15 | "Pardon me, are you from the Caribbean? Because ..." |
| 46% | SOLVE | 5 | What you are trying to do |
| 46% | ITD | 3 | "___ really mean so much to me if you could be there" |
| 46% | CRETE | 5 | What Icarus tried to fly away from |
| 46% | MARJORIE | 8 | Hit single from 52-Across with the lyrics "I should've asked you how to be" |
| 45% | WHERE | 5 | "___ are you from?" question to ask when getting to know someone |