| 100% | AJAR | 4 | "When it's ___" (answer to the old riddle "When is a door not a door?") |
| 81% | AJAR | 4 | Answer to the riddle "When is a door not a door? When it's ___" |
| 80% | JAR | 3 | "When it's a ___" (answer to the riddle "When is a door not a door?") |
| 65% | AJAR | 4 | "When is a door not a door? When it's ___" (classic riddle) |
| 58% | AJAR | 4 | Q.: When is a door not a door? A.: When it's ___ |
| 58% | AJAR | 4 | Q. When is a door not a door? A. When it's ___ |
| 58% | AJAR | 4 | "When is a door not a door? When it's ___" (classic joke) |
| 55% | AJAR | 4 | What a door is when it's not a door, in an old joke |
| 54% | VOICEMAIL | 9 | It may be left after the beep when a call's not answered: 2 wds. |
| 52% | AJAR | 4 | "When it's __": answer to a classic riddle |
| 51% | AHAT | 4 | Answer to the old riddle "What lies flat when empty, sits up when full?" |
| 51% | FOUNDMISSING | 12 | Like a stolen object, when it's not where it's supposed to be |
| 49% | AJAR | 4 | "When it's ___" (answer to an old riddle) |
| 48% | SUPER | 5 | Word that's its own synonym when a "b" is added to the end |
| 47% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 47% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
| 46% | DAM | 3 | Answer to the joke "What did the fish say when it swam into a wall?" |
| 46% | NORMA | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a man's name when its first letter is added to the end |
| 46% | TREES | 5 | According to the poet's oldest son, it was written "by a window looking down a wooded hill" |
| 46% | OHIO | 4 | Answer to the old riddle "What's round on the sides and high in the middle?" |
| 46% | OHIO | 4 | Answer to the old riddle "What's round on the ends and high in the middle?" |
| 46% | OHIO | 4 | Answer to the old riddle, "What's high in the middle and round at both ends?" |
| 46% | MEMORY | 6 | Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?" |
| 45% | MIDDLEMARCH | 11 | George Eliot novel that's not the contest answer, but provides a hint to it |
| 45% | ONEWORD | 7 | What the answer to this clue is not (it's two!) |
| 45% | APOEM | 5 | It's said to be not as lovely as a tree |
| 45% | OUT | 3 | Where a dog wants to go when it scratches the door, perhaps |
| 44% | HERE | 4 | Word that becomes its opposite when a "T" is added to the beginning |
| 44% | TACT | 4 | It's said to be "the art of recognizing when to be big and when not to belittle" |
| 44% | REDFLAG | 7 | This is flown on a beach when it's unsafe to swim |