| 100% | ISAID | 5 | "In case you weren't listening ..." |
| 100% | ASISAID | 7 | "In case you weren't listening ... " |
| 66% | ASISAID | 7 | "Since you weren't listening ..." |
| 63% | ISAID | 5 | "Since you weren't listening the first time..." |
| 62% | BTW | 3 | "In case you didn't know ... " in a text |
| 62% | BTW | 3 | "In case you hadn't heard," in text shorthand |
| 55% | IREPEAT | 7 | "In case you didn't hear me ..." |
| 55% | ISAID | 5 | "In case you didn't hear me ..." |
| 53% | SPAREKEY | 8 | Leave with a friend in case you get locked out |
| 52% | ISAID | 5 | "In case you didn't hear me the first time ..." |
| 50% | HADNT | 5 | ''In case you __ noticed . . .'' |
| 50% | HADNT | 5 | “In case you — noticed ...” |
| 48% | AIME | 4 | "Je t'___" ("I love you," in French) |
| 48% | AIME | 4 | “Je t’___” (“I love you,” in France) |
| 48% | AIME | 4 | “Je t’___” (“I love you,” in French) |
| 48% | AIME | 4 | "Je t'___" ("I love you," in France) |
| 48% | NUDGE | 5 | "In case you forgot ...," e.g. |
| 47% | MISTAKEN | 8 | In a case of __ identity you have the wrong person |
| 47% | AMFMRADIO | 9 | Bands you might listen to in the car? |
| 45% | SYD | 3 | Name of a 2000 Summer Olympics official mascot (the one that was a platypus, in case you were wondering) |
| 45% | ALIBI | 5 | Proof you weren't anywhere near the murder |
| 44% | OHHI | 4 | "We weren't expecting you!" |
| 43% | OYE | 3 | "Listen, you!" in Cancun |
| 43% | ERRATA | 6 | They weren’t caught in proofs |
| 42% | LEST | 4 | In case |
| 42% | ROCKERS | 7 | You don't sit still in them |
| 41% | COP | 3 | Your role in this puzzle [the asterisked clues will help you crack the case] |
| 41% | LEST | 4 | In case that |
| 41% | PLANBS | 6 | Alternatives in case things don't work out |
| 41% | PASTTENSE | 9 | You wouldn't want to be in this! |