| 100% | HOWARDSTERNLY | 13 | "Don't tell me what to say on the air," said___ |
| 58% | IMO | 3 | "This is what I have to say," on the internet: Abbr. |
| 55% | ESME | 4 | Salinger character who says to the story narrator, "I don't think I shall tell you my full name" |
| 53% | DONTSPEAK | 9 | Single on 34-Across with the lyrics "I know just what you're sayin' / So please stop explainin' / Don't tell me 'cause it hurts" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | PAM | 3 | "Don't Tell Me What to Do" country singer Tillis |
| 52% | LETITGO | 7 | "Frozen" song with the lyrics "Turn away and slam the door / I don't care what they're going to say" (3 wds.) |
| 51% | ISAW | 4 | "You don't need to tell me what happened" |
| 51% | KNOW | 4 | Apt radio station to air "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" (and it does!) |
| 50% | BOSS | 4 | "You're the ___" ("Just tell me what to do") |
| 47% | ITSAFREECOUNTRY | 15 | "You can't tell me what to do!" |
| 47% | ELSE | 4 | "I don't know what ___ to say" |
| 46% | CANI | 4 | "What ___ tell you?" ("Don't know what to say"): 2 wds. |
| 46% | NOLUCK | 6 | [shrug] "I don't know what to tell ya" |
| 45% | ELSE | 4 | "I don't know what ___ to tell you" |
| 44% | MYLIFE | 6 | Billy Joel hit with the line "I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home" |
| 44% | SPEAKNOW | 8 | Title track on Taylor Swift's 2023 rereleased album with the lyrics "Don't wait, or say a single vow / You need to hear me out" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | MYLIFE | 6 | Billy Joel song with the line "I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | NEWSARTICLES | 12 | What to read on the AP app |
| 43% | BRAG | 4 | What one might do after saying “I don’t mean to toot my own horn, but . . .” |
| 43% | TOES | 4 | What you don't want to step on |
| 43% | TODO | 4 | "Don't tell me what ___!": 2 wds. |
| 43% | NOSPOILERS | 10 | "Don't tell me what happens yet!" |
| 42% | REST | 4 | What to do on the Sabbath, per the Bible |
| 42% | FASHIONFORWARD | 14 | On the cutting edge of style, or what 20-, 33-, and 40-Across can be said to be? |
| 42% | IKNOW | 5 | "You don't have to tell me" |
| 42% | IMAWARE | 7 | "You don't have to tell me" |
| 42% | IKNOW | 5 | "You don't need to tell me" |
| 42% | IMAWARE | 7 | "You don't need to tell me" |
| 42% | IREALIZE | 8 | "You don't need to tell me ..." |
| 42% | ISAW | 4 | "You don't have to tell me!" |