| 100% | SMOKE | 5 | "There's no ___ without a fire" |
| 94% | SMOKE | 5 | There's no fire without this, as per a phrase (what rises out of one) |
| 86% | SMOKE | 5 | As per a phrase, there's no fire without it |
| 68% | PAIN | 4 | There's no gain without it |
| 65% | LUNCH | 5 | There's no such thing as a free one |
| 64% | FREELUNCH | 9 | There's no such thing as a __, hidden costs apply |
| 64% | WHEEL | 5 | There's no need to reinvent it, in a saying |
| 63% | DUMBQUESTION | 12 | There's no such thing as this, according to a saying |
| 59% | TEAM | 4 | What there's no "I" in, according to a coaching phrase |
| 59% | SMOKE | 5 | Sign that there's a fire near |
| 59% | TRACE | 5 | Without a ___ (leaving no clues behind) |
| 57% | ALLGONE | 7 | "There's no more," to a toddler |
| 57% | SUCH | 4 | "There's no ___ thing as a ghost!" |
| 57% | FREELUNCH | 9 | "There's no such thing as a __" |
| 56% | LULL | 4 | A short moment where there's quiet or no activity |
| 56% | SUCH | 4 | "There's no ___ thing as a free lunch!" |
| 56% | SUCH | 4 | "There's no ___ thing as a stupid question" |
| 56% | THING | 5 | "There's no such __ as a free lunch" |
| 56% | LUNCH | 5 | "There's no such thing as a free __" |
| 55% | ALERT | 5 | A fire alarm will do this if there is smoke |
| 54% | STICKYSITUATION | 15 | Building a fire without any charcoal or lighter fluid? |
| 54% | REESES | 6 | "There's no wrong way to eat a ___" (classic tagline) |
| 54% | REESES | 6 | "There's no wrong way to eat a __": candy tagline |
| 54% | TASTE | 5 | What "there's no accounting for," in a saying |
| 53% | PLACELIKEHOME | 13 | There's no … |
| 53% | HOME | 4 | There's no place like it ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 53% | ADAGE | 5 | "There's no such thing as a free lunch," e.g. |
| 53% | BREWERY | 7 | In a ___, there's no shortage of ___ to drink |
| 52% | SPARK | 5 | "You can't start a fire without a ___" (Bruce Springsteen lyric) |
| 51% | FATE | 4 | There's no changing it |