| 100% | UPTO | 4 | "What have you been ___?" |
| 100% | UPTO | 4 | "So what have you been ___ lately?": 2 wds. |
| 87% | NOTALOT | 7 | "What have you been up to lately?" response |
| 86% | UPTO | 4 | "What have you been ___?" (What have you been doing) |
| 82% | THICKSKIN | 9 | What you need to have to avoid being easily hurt |
| 82% | LOVELETTERS | 11 | What you have to do to be a crossword fan? |
| 78% | HEY | 3 | "Where have you been?" |
| 78% | HOW | 3 | "___ have you been?" |
| 78% | WHERE | 5 | "___ have you been?" |
| 78% | ARTHURASHE | 10 | Tennis champion who said, "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." |
| 77% | HOW | 3 | "___ have you been lately?" |
| 76% | BEEN | 4 | “It is never too late to be what you might have ___” (George Eliot) |
| 75% | MERRY | 5 | “What right have you to be ___?”: Ebenezer Scrooge |
| 75% | WHERE | 5 | "___ have you been all my life?" |
| 74% | AMORE | 5 | What it is when "the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine" |
| 72% | OHREALLY | 8 | “Is that what you’d have me believe?” |
| 72% | LONGTIMENOSEE | 13 | "Where have you been all these years?" |
| 72% | DROPMEALINE | 11 | "Don't be a stranger!" ... or what you have to do three times in this puzzle |
| 71% | USING | 5 | "How long have you been ___ this device?" (utilizing) |
| 71% | LATELY | 6 | Janet Jackson: What have you done for me __? |
| 71% | CALVINHARRIS | 12 | Scottish EDM DJ who had a 2016 hit with "This Is What You Came For": 2 wds. |
| 69% | EAT | 3 | "You are what you ___" |
| 69% | ESTATE | 6 | What you will |
| 69% | ESTATE | 6 | What you will? |
| 69% | ASSET | 5 | What you will? |
| 69% | ASSETS | 6 | What you will? |
| 69% | PENNY | 5 | "A ___ saved is worth two in the bush," example of 50a that encourages being content with what you have |
| 68% | SECRET | 6 | "If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you have lost me. What am I?" |
| 68% | ONESTOPSHOP | 11 | What has a lot in store for you? |
| 68% | REEDIT | 6 | What you might have to do when you find your earth-shattering column on dandelions is 372 words too long for the space allowed |