| 100% | SOSOON | 6 | "Why are you in such a rush?" |
| 82% | WHERESTHEFIRE | 13 | "Why are you in such a hurry?" |
| 56% | WHATSTHEBIGDEAL | 15 | "Why are you making such a fuss?" … or a hint to 17-, 36- and 43-Across |
| 51% | RACED | 5 | Was in a rush |
| 50% | WHERESTHEFIRE | 13 | "Why such a rush?" |
| 48% | ORE | 3 | It may be sought in a rush |
| 48% | ORE | 3 | It might be found in a rush |
| 48% | ORE | 3 | What might be grabbed in a rush |
| 48% | MAYBELLENE | 10 | Song by 17-Across in which he asks a girl, "Why can't you be true?" |
| 47% | HEALTH | 6 | Being poor in this will earn you a doctor's visit |
| 47% | BARN | 4 | "Do you live in a ___?" ("Where are your manners?") |
| 47% | BROWNBAG | 8 | There might be a lunch in it for you |
| 46% | ONE | 3 | To be __ in a million means you are very unique |
| 46% | USHERS | 6 | They will escort you to the seat in a theater |
| 46% | ERGO | 4 | "That is why", in a single word |
| 46% | ERGO | 4 | "That is why," in a single word |
| 46% | THUS | 4 | In such a manner |
| 46% | MRI | 3 | You'll be in a strong field when you take this test (abbr.) |
| 45% | THATSRICH | 9 | "Oh, you are such a hypocrite!" |
| 45% | ILL | 3 | "___ be with you in a moment" |
| 45% | BROWNEYES | 9 | About which it was asked "Why are you blue?," in a classic song |
| 45% | SEC | 3 | "Be with you in a ___!" |
| 45% | SEC | 3 | "Be with you in a __!" |
| 45% | ABROAD | 6 | When you're in a foreign country you're said to be |
| 45% | HANDFUL | 7 | "I will show you fear in a __ of dust": T S Eliot |
| 45% | TSELIOT | 7 | He wrote "I will show you fear in a handful of dust" |
| 45% | WANT | 4 | "I ___ you to be my Valentine..." (words in a romantic letter, perhaps) |
| 44% | PROPOSAL | 8 | "Will you marry me?" gesture that is a popular break-time sight in most stadium sports |
| 44% | SECS | 4 | "Be with you in a coupla ___" |
| 44% | SECS | 4 | "Be with you in a few ___" |