| 100% | ASKAWAY | 7 | "Don't be shy with questions!": 2 wds. |
| 55% | AHERO | 5 | "Billy, Don't Be ___" (1974 hit): 2 wds. |
| 54% | WHOME | 5 | Question that might be answered with "Yes, you!": 2 wds. |
| 52% | LIETO | 5 | Be dishonest with: 2 wds. |
| 52% | LIETO | 5 | Be untruthful with: 2 wds. |
| 52% | LIESTO | 6 | Is untruthful with: 2 wds. |
| 52% | KNOWSOF | 7 | Is acquainted with: 2 wds. |
| 50% | DARE | 4 | Don't be shy? |
| 48% | LIETO | 5 | Not be honest with: 2 wds. |
| 47% | IMOK | 4 | "Things are fine with me": 2 wds. |
| 46% | TOOREAL | 7 | "I don't like how lifelike that is!" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | BOBBYMCFERRIN | 13 | Singer with the 1988 hit "Don't Worry, Be Happy": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ASORE | 5 | "Don't be ___ loser": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ACTCOOL | 7 | "Don't be weird, just be normal": 2 wds. |
| 44% | TOTOE | 5 | "She was covered with grime from head ___": 2 wds. |
| 43% | SNAPAT | 6 | Be short with (2 wds.) |
| 43% | LIETO | 5 | Be dishonest with (2 wds.) |
| 43% | CMON | 4 | "Don't be shy!" |
| 43% | SKIMPSON | 8 | Is stingy with (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SHANIATWAIN | 11 | "That Don't Impress Me Much" singer who was honored with the "Billboard" Women in Music Icon Award in 2016 (2 wds.) |
| 43% | TUNASALAD | 9 | Sandwich that might be made with StarKist: 2 wds. |
| 42% | IDO | 3 | Words that are sealed with a kiss: 2 wds. |
| 42% | IBID | 4 | "How much am ___?" (auctioneer's question) (2 wds.) |
| 42% | READALOUD | 9 | Don't just peruse silently: 2 wds. |
| 42% | STANDPAT | 8 | Don't draw in blackjack: 2 wds. |
| 42% | STAYHOME | 8 | Don't leave the house: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ITI | 3 | "Lord, is ___?" (Last Supper question) (2 wds.) |
| 42% | KCANDTHE | 8 | With 40-Across, group whose "Please Don't Go" was the first "Billboard" #1 hit of the 1980s (3 wds.) |
| 42% | MARRYME | 7 | "Will you ___?" (proposal question with a ring): 2 wds. |
| 41% | STAYIN | 6 | Don't leave home: 2 wds. |