| 100% | LIVE | 4 | "I'd rather die tomorrow than ___ a hundred years without knowing you," romantic words from "Pocahontas" |
| 28% | SPARROW | 7 | I'd rather be a __ than a snail, yes I would |
| 28% | OPP | 3 | "You down with ___? Yeah, you know me!" (Refrain from a Naughty by Nature 1991 hit) |
| 26% | TMI | 3 | "I'd rather not know," in a text |
| 25% | MARKTWAIN | 9 | "I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way" |
| 25% | DI{DOT} | 7 | French printer Firmin ___ (Hint: If you didn't know of him, his name is one letter off from a word in this clue) |
| 25% | DOOR | 4 | I am what you hang a mistletoe from |
| 25% | HAVE | 4 | "Could I ___ a word with you?" |
| 24% | VENUS | 5 | *Did you know that a day on ___ (second rock from 7d) is longer than a year on it? |
| 24% | APE | 3 | You (or me), from a biological point of view |
| 24% | OFFER | 5 | "Let me ___ you a word of advice ..." |
| 24% | OFFER | 5 | "May I ___ you a word of advice?" |
| 24% | LETMEGUESS | 10 | Words from someone with a good idea of what you’re about to say |
| 24% | HAVEWEMET | 9 | "Do I know you from somewhere?" |
| 24% | MIME | 4 | A silent performer who tells stories through actions, rather than words |
| 24% | AGO | 3 | Word you'd sometimes see after "Many years" or "A while" |
| 24% | RUFFLE | 6 | You know how I bought a dress with a ___ on it? ...
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| 24% | RAT | 3 | "I Knew I Smelled a ___" (song from "Ratatouille the Musical") |
| 24% | TMI | 3 | "More than I want to know," to a texter |
| 24% | ABBA | 4 | "Knowing Me, Knowing You" band from Stockholm |
| 24% | ABBA | 4 | "Knowing Me, Knowing You" group from Sweden |
| 23% | PORCH | 5 | "I was hiding under your ___ because I love you," romantic words from "Up" |
| 23% | ROMEO | 5 | His last words were "Thus with a kiss I die" |
| 23% | ROMEO | 5 | Whose last words are "Thus with a kiss I die" |
| 23% | HELP | 4 | "May I ___ you?" (offer from one on a information desk) |
| 23% | IMOUT | 5 | Words from one who'd rather not call? |
| 23% | IFEELOLD | 8 | Words from someone who just realized that "Gangnam Style" was released more than a decade ago, maybe |
| 23% | WANT | 4 | "I ___ you to be my Valentine..." (words in a romantic letter, perhaps) |
| 23% | ERAS | 4 | Periods of several hundred million years, usually, from a geological perspective |
| 23% | IDVE | 4 | "If I Knew You Were Comin' ___ Baked a Cake" |