| 100% | HAD | 3 | "I've ___ a lovely time" |
| 61% | COCONUTS | 8 | "I've got a lovely bunch of __", music hall tune |
| 60% | FEW | 3 | "I've been around the block a ___ times" |
| 58% | HAD | 3 | "If I ___ a nickel for every time ..." |
| 58% | HAD | 3 | "If I ___ a nickel for every time . . ." |
| 58% | HAD | 3 | "If I ___ a nickel for every time ... " |
| 57% | RAINCHECK | 9 | "May I take a ___?" ("Another time?") |
| 56% | ONE | 3 | "___ at a time! I can't hear you!" |
| 56% | IMBUSY | 6 | "Not a good time for me" |
| 55% | HEREWEGOAGAIN | 13 | "I've heard this a thousand times already!" |
| 55% | TENMINUTES | 10 | "Can I have a bit more time?" |
| 54% | OWES | 4 | "He ___ me big time" ("I did him a huge favor") |
| 54% | OWES | 4 | "He ___ me big time!" ("I did him a huge favor") |
| 53% | ATE | 3 | "Yesterday, I ___ a clock. It was very time-consuming" (groaner joke) |
| 51% | SUNG | 4 | "Ever since then, I've ___ a different tune" |
| 51% | THREATEN | 8 | "Don't ___ me with a good time" |
| 51% | PSST | 4 | "Hey, I've got a secret ..." |
| 51% | PSST | 4 | "Hey, I've got a secret …" |
| 51% | RICE | 4 | Jollof ___ (West African dish that I downed many a time as a child) |
| 50% | CLOUDYDAY | 9 | I've got sunshine on a __; The Temptations lyric |
| 50% | BEEN | 4 | "I've ___ around the block a few times" |
| 50% | COFFEEOCLOCK | 12 | Time for a pick-me-up, humorously |
| 50% | IHADA | 5 | "___ lovely time" |
| 50% | ABCS | 4 | Subject of a song that ends "Next time won't you sing with me?" |
| 50% | ACUTE | 5 | A lovely accent |
| 49% | ABC | 3 | Start of a kids' song that ends "Next time won't you sing with me?" |
| 49% | CRYIN | 5 | 1993 Aerosmith hit that begins "There was a time / When I was so broken-hearted" |
| 49% | RITA | 4 | A lovely meter maid |
| 49% | ONCE | 4 | "If I've told you ___, I've told you a thousand times ..." |
| 49% | ONCE | 4 | "If I've said it ___, I've said it a thousand times ..." |