| 100% | ERASE | 5 | "Don't ___," teacher's message in chalk to a janitor |
| 44% | THATGUY | 7 | Fellow you don't want to be, in a phrase |
| 44% | CAN | 3 | "I don't know, "___" you?" phrase to correct a student's grammar that you have probably heard from your teacher |
| 44% | GASUP | 5 | Something you don't need to do in a Chevy Volt |
| 43% | TMI | 3 | "Eww, I don't want to hear about it," in a text |
| 41% | SOS | 3 | Critical message that's a hint to the six longest entries in this puzzle |
| 40% | UNDERDRESS | 10 | Show up to a gala in a T-shirt, say |
| 40% | PING | 4 | Send a quick message to, in slang |
| 40% | BCCED | 5 | Sent secret messages to, in a way |
| 39% | SEXTS | 5 | Awkward messages to receive in a public setting |
| 39% | IMO | 3 | "It seems to me," in a text message: Abbr. |
| 39% | PLS | 3 | "Be so kind as to," in a text message |
| 39% | EMOJI | 5 | One way to express feeling in a text message |
| 38% | TAILINGOFF | 10 | Waning ... or a hint to what is found by circling all the T's in the completed puzzle |
| 38% | ESSAY | 5 | One in a stack for an English teacher to grade |
| 38% | TONE | 4 | It might be tough to convey in a text message |
| 38% | EMAILBLAST | 10 | Strategy for sending a message to lots of in-boxes |
| 38% | CGI | 3 | It brought a T. rex to life in "Jurassic Park" |
| 38% | ERASER | 6 | Teacher's sleeve, in a pinch |
| 37% | THING | 5 | Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a ___" |
| 37% | PET | 3 | Teacher's ___ (favorite kid in a classroom) |
| 37% | PUNINTENDED | 11 | Addendum to a statement such as “My violin teacher was instrumental in getting me into Juilliard” |
| 37% | HANDFUL | 7 | "I will show you fear in a __ of dust": T S Eliot |
| 37% | FIRE | 4 | Don't shout it in a crowded theater |
| 36% | EYESONME | 8 | Teacher’s command to a rowdy class |
| 36% | DROPMEALINE | 11 | "Don't be a stranger!" ... or what you have to do three times in this puzzle |
| 36% | LAVA | 4 | Fluid that you definitely don't want to drink, unless it's inside a cake |
| 36% | DYLAN | 5 | Bob ___, singer who covered the song "Take a Message to Mary" in 1970 |
| 36% | MOP | 3 | Janitor's tool stored in a bucket |
| 36% | WEAR | 4 | "I don't have a thing to ___!" |