| 100% | OFFHANDEDLY | 11 | "I've learned my lesson about feeding the tigers," said Tom ___ |
| 38% | OFFHANDEDLY | 11 | "Oh, I just fed the alligator," Tom said ___ |
| 36% | LIVETOTELL | 10 | 1986 #1 Madonna hit where "I've learned my lesson well": 3 wds. |
| 31% | ONO | 3 | About whom Lennon said, “She’s the teacher and I’m the pupil” |
| 30% | HORSE | 5 | Neiiigghh! I'm the animal you're learning about in this puzzle |
| 29% | MASHA | 5 | The Seagull character who says, "I dress in black to match my life. I am unhappy." |
| 28% | DITTO | 5 | "I was about to say the same thing" |
| 28% | UNWILLINGLY | 11 | "As much as I'd like, you're not getting any of my estate," Tom said ___ |
| 28% | LOUISCK | 7 | Comedian who said "Every day starts, my eyes open and I reload the program of misery" |
| 28% | WEATHERLY | 9 | "Bull" star Michael who says "My kids and my marriage are the things I'm proudest of" |
| 27% | STILLDRE | 8 | 1999 hit with the lyrics “They say rap’s changed / They wanna know how I feel about it” |
| 27% | IFEELFINE | 9 | Beatles song with the lyrics “Baby says she’s mine, you know / She tells me all the time” |
| 27% | NEO | 3 | "The Matrix" hero who said, "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life" |
| 27% | DAUGHTERSEYES | 13 | "In My ___," a hit song by country music singer Martina McBride about learning lessons from her daughter: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ELM | 3 | Sylvia Plath poem that begins "I know the bottom, she says. I know it with my great tap root" |
| 27% | ESME | 4 | Salinger character who says to the story narrator, "I don't think I shall tell you my full name" |
| 27% | SO | 2 | The way I said |
| 27% | AMORVINCITOMNIA | 15 | Saying about the heart |
| 27% | SOCRATES | 8 | Who said "I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance" |
| 26% | OPRAH | 5 | Winfrey who said "I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes" |
| 26% | HISTORY | 7 | School lessons about life in the past |
| 26% | MET | 3 | Learned the name of, say |
| 26% | AUGUST | 6 | Month I've often written to the governor about asking "Where's the holiday?" |
| 26% | EARTHA | 6 | Kitt who said, "A man comes into my life and I have to compromise? You must think about that one again" |
| 26% | ADA | 3 | 1969 literary heroine who says "I like the words damozel, eglantine, elegant. I love when you kiss my elongated white hand" |
| 26% | WORN | 4 | "I've ___ my fingers to the bone" |
| 26% | YESTERDAYISHERE | 15 | Tom Waits song about the past |
| 26% | BEES | 4 | Learn about the birds and the ___ |
| 26% | LAYLA | 5 | Eric Clapton song with the lyric "You've got me on my knees" |
| 26% | THEONETOTHEWESTOFHERE | 21 | "You caught me!," says the thief, who then admits: "The diamond isn't here in my room, but it's hidden in ___" |