| 100% | SORRY | 5 | "I am so ___ to hear that" (upset) |
| 89% | SORRY | 5 | "I am so ___ to hear that" |
| 69% | GLAD | 4 | "I'm so ___ to hear that" (pleased) |
| 66% | ELSE | 4 | I am so bored, there is nothing ___ to do |
| 65% | OHNO | 4 | "I'm so sorry to hear that!" |
| 65% | HOORAY | 6 | "I'm so glad to hear that!" |
| 63% | OHNO | 4 | "I'm so sorry to hear that!": 2 wds. |
| 61% | ALOUD | 5 | So as to be heard |
| 61% | PIANISSIMO | 10 | So as barely to be heard |
| 61% | ONTIPTOE | 8 | So as not to be heard |
| 59% | TOOSOON | 7 | "You shouldn't be so quick to joke about that!" |
| 59% | BRIDGE | 6 | "I will cross that ___ when I get to it" |
| 59% | SOSAD | 5 | "It pains me to hear that" |
| 59% | HOWSAD | 6 | "I'm sorry to hear that" |
| 58% | IVE | 3 | "___ never heard of that!" ("News to me!") |
| 58% | SHAPEOFYOU | 10 | 51-Across song that begins, "The club isn't the best place to find a lover / So the bar is where I go" (3 wds.) |
| 58% | OHNO | 4 | "So sorry to hear that!" |
| 57% | INAUDIBLY | 9 | Extremely quietly, so as not to be heard |
| 57% | CREEPING | 8 | Walking quietly so as not to be heard |
| 57% | GLAD | 4 | "I'm ___ to hear that" (pleased) |
| 56% | TMI | 3 | "I will never be able to un-hear that" |
| 56% | IVE | 3 | "___ never heard of that" ("It's new to me") |
| 56% | TOSAY | 5 | That is ___ (so to speak) |
| 56% | FOODCOMA | 8 | Feeling of being so full that you don't want to move: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ISEE | 4 | "Oh, so that's how it's going to be" |
| 55% | ILL | 3 | "___ get back to you" ("You'll be hearing from me") |
| 55% | NEEDED | 6 | "Thanks, I really ___ to hear that" |
| 55% | ITD | 3 | "___ really mean so much to me if you could be there" |
| 55% | EVE | 3 | Response to "Madam, I'm Adam" that is itself a palindrome |
| 55% | IRE | 3 | Country that "Take Me to Church" singer Hozier is from: Abbr. |