| 100% | MARX | 4 | "I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it" speaker |
| 39% | GROANER | 7 | "I had a joke about oil, but I'm still refining it," e.g. |
| 37% | FIZZLED | 7 | *I thought I had a good firework joke, but in the end, it just ___ out! (ended weakly) |
| 37% | TEETOTALED | 10 | "I had a T-Bird once, till it got ___!" |
| 36% | URN | 3 | It has a big mouth but can't speak |
| 36% | AUTOGRAPH | 9 | (4/6) "I got the batter's ___ on it after the game. This day has been a dream and I wish it didn't have to end" |
| 36% | JOANRIVERS | 10 | Who said "I have a wonderful psychiatrist that I see maybe once a year, because I don't need it. It all comes out onstage" |
| 36% | EEYORE | 6 | "It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it" speaker |
| 36% | EEYORE | 6 | “It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it” speaker |
| 35% | TURNSOUT | 8 | "His popularity had taken a hit, but, as it ___ he may eventually win this election."(unexpected outcome): 2 wds. |
| 35% | NEEDSMUST | 9 | "I didn't want to do it, but I have no choice!" |
| 34% | SNUB | 4 | Someone who wasn't named a Pro Bowler, but should have been |
| 33% | OCEAN | 5 | It has a floor but no ceiling |
| 33% | TREE | 4 | It has a bark but no bite |
| 33% | SANDAL | 6 | It has a bottom but no top |
| 33% | BEER | 4 | It has a head but no shoulders |
| 33% | SIRI | 4 | Who says "I don't have a family tree. But I have a pretty great file directory" |
| 33% | JUSTANIDEA | 10 | "We don't have to, but figured I'd mention it" |
| 32% | BEER | 4 | It may have a head but not a tail |
| 32% | TSA | 3 | It has a ''What Can I Bring?'' web page |
| 32% | ITSBEENFUN | 10 | “Gotta go, but I had a blast” |
| 32% | SOMEHOW | 7 | "I wasn't expecting it, but ..." |
| 32% | NOPRESSURE | 10 | "There's a lot riding on this, but hey, don't worry about it!" |
| 32% | EWER | 4 | It has a lip and a mouth but never speaks |
| 32% | TREE | 4 | It has a trunk, branches, leaves and sometimes even fruits |
| 32% | MALTA | 5 | Its coat of arms has a cross, but no falcon |
| 32% | RECLUSE | 7 | This spider has a violin-shaped mark on its back |
| 32% | MONTPELIER | 10 | This US State Capital has the smallest population of them all and doesn't even have a McDonald's |
| 32% | RENOIR | 6 | He said "I never think I have finished a nude until I think I could pinch it" |
| 32% | FILM | 4 | "I have a photographic memory, but I always forget to bring the ___!" |