| 100% | AINTNICHOLAS | 12 | "No way that Dickens character is the Nickleby lad!"? |
| 42% | IDONTBUYIT | 10 | "There's no way that can be true" |
| 39% | STATUSQUO | 9 | That's just the way it is |
| 37% | FRAIDSO | 7 | "Yep, that's the way it is" |
| 37% | AND | 3 | "___ that's the way it is" (Cronkite sign-off) |
| 37% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Clothing that is turned the wrong way around |
| 36% | AAH | 3 | Indication that one is being rubbed the right way |
| 36% | VANE | 4 | Spinning device that shows which way the wind is blowing |
| 35% | SMIKE | 5 | Crippled character in the Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby |
| 35% | STRAW | 5 | Building material that was no problem for the Big Bad Wolf |
| 35% | USA | 3 | Chant that was documented way back at the 1920 Summer Olympics |
| 35% | ICANNOT | 7 | "There is no way for me to do that" |
| 35% | GALILEO | 7 | Astronomer who was the first to discover that the Milky Way was made up of stars |
| 35% | SMIKE | 5 | Friend of the title character in 1839 Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby |
| 35% | DONTYOUWANTME | 13 | The Human League song that was a No. 1 hit in 1982 (4 wds.) |
| 35% | FELIX | 5 | Cartoon character that was one of the first images transmitted on TV |
| 35% | OFF | 3 | Like a faucet that has been turned all the way clockwise, say |
| 34% | SMIKE | 5 | Close friend of the title character in 1839 Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby |
| 34% | FOUR | 4 | "Fantastic ___," superhero movie that features the character Sue Storm, whose superpower is invisibility |
| 34% | YELLOW | 6 | Bright sunny color that is associated with the characters mentioned in this puzzle |
| 34% | NONONO | 6 | "That is completely the wrong way!" |
| 34% | SOBEIT | 6 | "That's the way things are" |
| 34% | CRONKITE | 8 | His tag line was “And that’s the way it is” |
| 34% | GOOGOL | 6 | The search engine name that should have been spelled this way, maybe because they had no search engine to check at the time? |
| 33% | ALF | 3 | * Sitcom character from the '80s that is an example of 11a |
| 33% | SADBUTTRUE | 10 | “That’s the way it is, unfortunately” |
| 33% | SIC | 3 | [That's the way it was written] |
| 33% | BUILT | 5 | "___ This Way," 2004 song by Samantha Ronson that was featured on the "Mean Girls" soundtrack |
| 33% | ANOTHER | 7 | "One Way or ___," 1979 song by Blondie that was featured on the "Mean Girls" soundtrack |
| 33% | WATER | 5 | "Avatar: The Way of ___," 2022 sci-fi film that was in production for 12 years |