| 100% | ETC | 3 | "I can keep going, but I'll stop" letters |
| 49% | ETC | 3 | "I could keep going" |
| 48% | ETC | 3 | “I could keep going,” briefly |
| 44% | HINT | 4 | "I can take a ___!" ("Fine, I'll go!") |
| 42% | ETC | 3 | "I could go on, but won't" (Abbr.) |
| 41% | BADIDEARIGHT | 12 | 2023 Olivia Rodrigo hit with the lyric "I know I should stop, but I can't": 3 wds. |
| 41% | COATING | 7 | I can't go off outer layer |
| 41% | AKA | 3 | "But you can call me ... " letters |
| 40% | SOB | 3 | [Oh, I can't go on!] |
| 39% | SLEEP | 5 | "But I have promises to keep / And miles to go before I ___": Frost |
| 39% | SANTA | 5 | "I only travel once a year. You may not see me, but you can keep what I leave behind. Who am I?" |
| 38% | ITSBEENREAL | 11 | "Gotta go, but I had fun!" |
| 38% | ORNOT | 5 | "... but I could be wrong" |
| 38% | ORNOT | 5 | “... but I could be mistaken” |
| 38% | ORNOT | 5 | ". . . but I could be wrong" |
| 38% | ORSO | 4 | "... but I could be off" |
| 38% | ORNOT | 5 | " ... but I could be wrong" |
| 38% | IMONAROLL | 9 | "Things could not be going better for me!" ... or a hint to the placement of the circled letters |
| 38% | ITSBEENFUN | 10 | “Gotta go, but I had a blast” |
| 37% | ARE | 3 | Something I can't use, but you can |
| 37% | ORNOT | 5 | " ... but I guess I could be wrong" |
| 37% | ORNOT | 5 | "... but I could be wrong" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ITSASTART | 9 | ''That's great, but keep going'' |
| 37% | EGOTRIP | 7 | Something only I can go on? |
| 37% | ETC | 3 | ''. . . and I could go on . . .'': Abbr. |
| 37% | OSTRICH | 7 | "I can't fly but I'm the fastest running bird! Who am I?" |
| 36% | FOE | 3 | "But you're neither friend nor ___ / Though I can't seem to let you go" ("Gravity" lyric) |
| 36% | ITSBEENREAL | 11 | "This was fun, but I gotta go" |
| 36% | ARE | 3 | It can follow you but not me? |
| 36% | OKAY | 4 | "Sure, I can go along with that" |