| 100% | YET | 3 | "The concert is ___ to begin." (still not begun) |
| 67% | ROT | 3 | "If the fruits are not picked soon, they will begin to ___." (decompose) |
| 58% | TAG | 3 | Playground game where the goal is to not be "it" |
| 56% | FINEPRINT | 9 | Not the type to be immediately noticed? |
| 55% | BLINDNESS | 9 | The condition of not being able to see |
| 55% | LIE | 3 | The white ones are not meant to hurt |
| 55% | DATED | 5 | To not be with the times; old fashioned |
| 55% | PUNISHMENTFORAGLUTTON | 21 | Not being allowed to lick the spatula clean? |
| 55% | AWOL | 4 | Not to be found, in the military: Abbr. |
| 55% | CATS | 4 | 2019 flop whose Variety review began "Nine may not be enough lives for some of the stars to live down their involvement in this …" |
| 54% | ACTINGMAYOR | 11 | "To govern or not to govern. That is the question." |
| 54% | LAD | 3 | Boy was clad, but deliberately not in the beginning |
| 54% | SHY | 3 | Not likely to be the life of the party |
| 54% | ASLEEP | 6 | Not a good thing to be at the wheel |
| 53% | SENSE | 5 | The "common" sort is said to be not so common |
| 53% | THAW | 4 | Begin to melt after being taken out of the freezer |
| 53% | THAT | 4 | "To be, or not to be, ___ is the question" |
| 53% | LOGIC | 5 | "___ is the beginning of wisdom ... not the end": Spock |
| 53% | FLOATING | 8 | These ribs are not connected to the breastbone |
| 53% | GETAHEADSTART | 13 | *Be the first to begin |
| 52% | ROOSTER | 7 | The next year belonging to this animal is not until 2029 |
| 52% | EEK | 3 | Exclamation not likely to be heard from the intrepid |
| 52% | VOLTAIRE | 8 | To whom the saying "Common sense is not so common" is attributed |
| 52% | SHOOT | 5 | What one is not supposed to do to the messenger |
| 52% | SOAPSTONE | 9 | It is not possible to do the washing with it |
| 52% | ZOO | 3 | Where you may not be allowed to "feed the animals" |
| 51% | HAMLET | 6 | Play that poses the question "To be or not to be?" |
| 51% | PAM | 3 | She was engaged to Roy at the beginning of The Office |
| 51% | HUMOR | 5 | "I fail to see the ___ in this" ("This is not funny") |
| 51% | ONEWORD | 7 | What the answer to this clue is not (it's two!) |