| 100% | ASHORE | 6 | "Call for the captain __, let me go home" |
| 52% | HEADSIN | 7 | Goes home for the night, say |
| 49% | GOD | 3 | "There but for the grace of ___ go I" |
| 49% | RVS | 3 | Homes on the go, for short |
| 48% | GOBIG | 5 | "___ or go home..." ("Shoot for the stars!"): 2 wds. |
| 47% | KAZUO | 5 | "Never Let Me Go" author ___ Ishiguro who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017 |
| 47% | CANIGETALIFT | 12 | "Would you call the elevator for me?" |
| 46% | DISMISSES | 9 | Lets the class go home |
| 46% | NONNATUS | 8 | __ House, home for nurses in Call the Midwife |
| 46% | KAZUOISHIGURO | 13 | British author of "Never Let Me Go" who won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature : 2 wds. |
| 44% | ROOT | 4 | When tripled, what to do for the home team in “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” |
| 43% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" singer (2 wds.) |
| 42% | NEVER | 5 | "___ Let Me Go" (Kazuo Ishiguro novel) |
| 42% | MESSBOY | 7 | One waiting for the captain? |
| 41% | YEMEN | 5 | Country home to Shibam, called the Manhattan of the Desert for its multistory mud dwellings |
| 40% | MOM | 3 | Call for help at home |
| 40% | CAREYMULLIGAN | 13 | "Never Let Me Go" actress and co-star of Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Great Gatsby" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | RADIOING | 8 | Calling for assistance over the airwaves |
| 39% | END | 3 | "...I'd go to the ___ of the Earth for you..." |
| 39% | PINK | 4 | I was a member of the girl group "Choice" before going solo and I played Dede in "Thanks for Sharing" |
| 39% | HUEANDCRY | 9 | Old phrase calling for the pursuit of a criminal |
| 39% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | Singer who won the Oscar for Best Original Song, "Just Called to Say I Love You": 2 wds. |
| 39% | BAHRAINWASH | 11 | Call for cleanup in the Persian Gulf? |
| 39% | CHEER | 5 | Root for the home team |
| 39% | REPACKS | 7 | Preps for the trip home |
| 39% | YAYS | 4 | Cries for the home team |
| 39% | ISHIGURO | 8 | Clones are central to Never Let Me Go by Kazuo __ |
| 39% | ISHIGURO | 8 | Kazuo, author of sci-fi novel Never Let Me Go |
| 39% | CHEMISTRY | 9 | Subject that calls for the use of a Bunsen burner |
| 38% | DONT | 4 | "___ Let Me Down," song by The Chainsmokers |