| 100% | NICE | 4 | "This is why we can't have ___ things" |
| 96% | NICE | 4 | "This Is Why We Can't Have ___ Things" (Taylor Swift song) |
| 93% | NICE | 4 | "This Is Why We Can't Have ___ Things" (song on Taylor Swift's 2017 album "Reputation") |
| 50% | QUIZSHOW | 8 | This could have been fixed |
| 48% | WAR | 3 | "Why Can't We Be Friends?" band |
| 47% | ISEE | 4 | "___ no reason why we can't succeed": 2 wds. |
| 46% | BRYAN | 5 | Adams who sang "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" |
| 46% | DOING | 5 | "Everybody Else Is ___ It, So Why Can't We?" (The Cranberries album) |
| 46% | VANHALEN | 8 | "Why Can't This Be Love" band, 1986 |
| 45% | ENS | 3 | This puzzle has 11, which can be connected by 3 straight lines |
| 44% | FASTRELIEF | 10 | The only thing we have to fear is ... feeling better quickly? |
| 44% | EVIL | 4 | This can't be good |
| 44% | ITSELF | 6 | "The only thing we have to fear is fear ___": F.D.R. |
| 44% | ITSELF | 6 | "The only thing we have to fear is fear ____": Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 44% | SMALLPOTATOES | 13 | Insignificant thing, or what can be found four times in this puzzle |
| 43% | LAP | 3 | One can't stand having this |
| 43% | THE | 3 | With 66-Across, where this puzzle's circled things can all be found |
| 43% | FAIRUSE | 7 | Why parodies can't be sued for copyright infringement |
| 42% | FAIRDICE | 8 | Things that can't be loaded |
| 42% | MISTAKESWEREMADE | 16 | “Things could have been handled better” |
| 42% | EMAIL | 5 | "This meeting could have been an ___" |
| 42% | FDR | 3 | President who said "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself": Abbr. |
| 42% | TOO | 3 | "You can't have ___ much of a good thing" |
| 42% | OKIFWEGOINONIT | 14 | *"Can this be a gift from all of us?" |
| 42% | AGAIN | 5 | "Didn't we just have this?" |
| 42% | WHYAMIHERE | 10 | "This meeting could have been an email" |
| 41% | ICE | 3 | Something can't be neat if you add this |
| 41% | MLK | 3 | "Why We Can't Wait" author, for short |
| 41% | MERYL | 5 | Streep who said, “Women are better at acting than men. Why? Because we have to be” |
| 41% | GULP | 4 | [Um, this can't be good] |