| 100% | LETMEGUESS | 10 | "Wait, don't say the answer yet!" |
| 51% | SLEEPIN | 7 | Don't set the alarm, say |
| 51% | ORDER | 5 | Don't keep the waiter waiting |
| 49% | PASS | 4 | "I don't know the answer, next question" |
| 49% | SPILLED | 7 | Don't cry over __ milk, as the saying goes |
| 49% | HAVEAHEART | 10 | Don't be cruel, and what the starred answers do |
| 48% | CART | 4 | Don't put it in front of the horse, they say |
| 48% | YESORNO | 7 | "Answer the question, and don't say 'maybe'!" (3 wds.) |
| 48% | VOICEMAIL | 9 | Leave one if they don't answer the phone |
| 46% | ORAL | 4 | Like exams you say the answers to out loud |
| 44% | OVERMYHEAD | 10 | "I don't get it," and where the starred answers might be found |
| 44% | HOLD | 4 | Wait on the phone, say |
| 44% | INLINE | 6 | Waiting at the bank, say |
| 44% | AGONY | 5 | Waiting, for the impatient, say |
| 44% | IDLE | 4 | Waiting on the sidelines, say |
| 43% | ONONEKNEE | 9 | Waiting for the starting gun, say |
| 43% | IDLE | 4 | Waiting for the next task, say |
| 43% | IDLES | 5 | Waits at the drive-thru, say |
| 42% | EON | 3 | Wait at the motor vehicle bureau, say |
| 42% | IDLE | 4 | Wait for the light to change, say |
| 42% | SEX | 3 | "I don't know the question, but ___ is definitely the answer": Woody Allen |
| 42% | ELEMENT | 7 | The answer to each clue that says "This, on the periodic table" |
| 42% | NOBLEGAS | 8 | The answer to each clue that says "This, on the periodic table" |
| 41% | TBD | 3 | "Don't know the details yet" (Abbr.) |
| 41% | SEA | 3 | Wise answer about the Med, say |
| 41% | FIVETIMESFAST | 13 | Hard way to say the answers to the starred clues in this puzzle (good luck!) |
| 41% | RESIST | 6 | Don't say yes |
| 41% | ANOTHERWORD | 11 | Don't say this! |
| 41% | AIR | 3 | "It's up in the ___" ("We don't know yet") |
| 41% | TAKEYOURPICKLE | 14 | "Wait, don't forget the most important hamburger topping!" |