| 100% | BBKING | 6 | "The Thrill Is Gone" hitmaker, 1970 |
| 80% | BBKING | 6 | "The Thrill Is Gone" musician, 1970 |
| 64% | BBKING | 6 | "The Thrill Is Gone" bluesman |
| 64% | BBKING | 6 | "The Thrill Is Gone" singer |
| 58% | BBKING | 6 | "The Thrill Is Gone" bluesman whose guitar was nicknamed Lucille: 3 wds. |
| 57% | BBKING | 6 | Double-initialed blues guitarist who sang "The Thrill Is Gone": 3 wds. |
| 56% | KING | 4 | B. B. ___, "The Thrill Is Gone" singer who influenced Elvis Presley's music |
| 55% | BBKING | 6 | Blues legend with the hit "The Thrill Is Gone" |
| 48% | LIAISE | 6 | Be the go-between |
| 48% | ILL | 3 | "___ Be Gone in the Dark" (Michelle McNamara book) |
| 46% | TOUR | 4 | "This is going to ruin the ___" (famous Timberlake quote) |
| 46% | FAIR | 4 | Where Simple Simon was going, in the nursery rhyme |
| 46% | RATE | 4 | The going ___ (what something will sell for) |
| 45% | TOLLPLAZA | 9 | Where the going rate is charged? |
| 45% | TOLLBAR | 7 | Where the going rate is charged? |
| 45% | TOLLPLAZA | 9 | Where the going rate is charged |
| 44% | IMAXFACTOR | 10 | One reason more people are going to the movies these days? |
| 44% | VANISHINGPINT | 13 | Oh no! The beer is gone? |
| 44% | BUSYBEE | 7 | Someone who is always on the go |
| 44% | INTHISECONOMY | 13 | "... with the way things are currently going?!" |
| 44% | TREND | 5 | The way things are going |
| 43% | TOMORROW | 8 | __ is another day, quote from Gone with the Wind |
| 43% | AMAIN | 5 | How the Titanic was going before it struck an iceberg |
| 43% | SEENBUTNOTHEARD | 15 | What children should be, so the saying goes |
| 42% | WAR | 3 | 1970 #1 hit with the line "What is it good for?" |
| 42% | PENTE | 5 | Go-like game whose name is the Greek word for "five" |
| 42% | NEWS | 4 | None of it is good, as the saying goes |
| 42% | NIMBLE | 6 | Jack be __, Jack be quick, goes the nursery rhyme |
| 42% | DRESSED | 7 | In the morning, kids are told to go get __ |
| 42% | SURETO | 6 | "The lamb was __ go" |