| 100% | COMEGETME | 9 | "I need a ride home from school" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | SUSPENDED | 9 | Sent home from school as a punishment |
| 44% | YESORNO | 7 | "I need a straight answer now!" (3 wds.) |
| 42% | LOAN | 4 | Home buyer's need from a bank |
| 41% | SNOWDAY | 7 | Time off from school due to a winter storm: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DOMEASOLID | 10 | "I need a favor from you" |
| 40% | ICANTGO | 7 | "A conflict keeps me from attending": 3 wds. |
| 38% | HUNGUPON | 8 | Rudely ended a phone call from (someone): 3 wds. |
| 38% | ALE | 3 | "Think I need a ginger ___" (lyric from Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)") |
| 38% | COMEGETME | 9 | "I'm stranded and need a ride" |
| 37% | HOLDITAGAINST | 13 | "___ Me," a hit single from Britney's seventh album, "Femme Fatale," that was co-written with Bonnie McKee: 3 wds. |
| 37% | TAXI | 4 | Ride home from the airport, perhaps |
| 37% | STRANDED | 8 | Without a ride home |
| 36% | BRR | 3 | "Yikes, I need a sweater!" |
| 36% | LEGEND | 6 | John ___, "All of Me" singer who live-streamed a concert from home on Instagram |
| 35% | BUS | 3 | Vehicle that brings kids home from school |
| 35% | POX | 3 | Chicken ___ (reason to stay home from school) |
| 35% | LICE | 4 | Bad things to bring home from school |
| 35% | TOSIRWITHLOVE | 13 | 1967 school drama starring Sidney Poitier, or a Billboard #1 song from that film: 4 wds. |
| 35% | GETIN | 5 | "Sure, I'll give you a ride" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | HOPIN | 5 | "Sure, I'll give you a ride!" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | TAKEON | 6 | "___ Me," a song by the popular '80s band A-Ha from their album "Hunting High and Low:" 2 wds. |
| 34% | ITSSOYOU | 8 | Flattering phrase from a clothing store clerk: 3 wds. |
| 34% | VIOLETHILL | 10 | Coldplay hit song that begins, "Was a long and dark December / From the rooftops I remember" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ANNEMURRAY | 10 | "You Needed Me" singer who was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 34% | INDEED | 6 | Job listings website founded in 2004, the year I graduated from college and needed to find a job |
| 34% | CARPOOL | 7 | Share a ride to school |
| 34% | ADOPT | 5 | Bring home from a shelter |
| 33% | FUNNYTHING | 10 | 41-Across single from 28-Across that begins, "Do you mind if I wild out / A little?" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ASKA | 4 | "Can I ___ favor?" (need a favor): 2 wds. |