| 100% | IWISH | 5 | "Would that it were!" |
| 96% | IWISH | 5 | "Would that it were so!" |
| 96% | IWISH | 5 | "Would that it were true!" |
| 96% | IHOPE | 5 | “Would that it were true!” |
| 85% | LIE | 3 | Detector that will prove if it's the truth |
| 85% | BRIDGE | 6 | "I will cross that ___ when I get to it" |
| 85% | MICROSOFT | 9 | Company that recently announced it will purchase Activision Blizzard |
| 84% | BOHRTHEORY | 10 | It predicts that the dullest party guest will sit next to you? |
| 84% | IDOL | 4 | "American ___" (show that will air its final season in 2016) |
| 84% | PTA | 3 | Org. that will celebrate its TYFTSW on Feb 16-23 |
| 83% | CID | 3 | A___ is a corrosive substance that will burn anything it touches |
| 82% | YAHOO | 5 | Web portal that will be spinning off its stake in Alibaba |
| 82% | BOOMERANG | 9 | Outback hunting gizmo that looks like it will make a comeback? |
| 82% | WTF | 3 | Expression of shock that would be vulgar if it wasn't abbreviated |
| 82% | GRIN | 4 | Expression that seems like it would be the opposite of 5-Across? |
| 80% | SKUA | 4 | Bird that sounds as though it would be good barbecued on a spit |
| 79% | MORALOBLIGATION | 15 | Something that must be done because not doing it would be wrong |
| 79% | NBC | 3 | Network that announced it will no longer air the Golden Globes, starting in 2022 |
| 79% | EGG | 3 | Food item that will float in a bowl of water if it's old |
| 76% | USEFUL | 6 | "Choose the life that is most ______, and habit will make it the most agreeable" — Francis Bacon |
| 76% | RUBIDIUM | 8 | Silvery white metal that will melt on a hot day, but not if it's raining |
| 76% | HAS | 3 | "__ it been that long?" |
| 76% | HAS | 3 | "___ it been that difficult?" |
| 76% | HAS | 3 | "___ it been that long!" |
| 76% | HAS | 3 | "___ it been that long?" |
| 76% | LET | 3 | "___ it be known that ..." |
| 75% | HAPPENS | 7 | It is the unexpected that always __ |
| 74% | EVENIF | 6 | Should it be that |
| 74% | VEST | 4 | Subject of a Mitch Hedberg joke that ends, "If I had no arms, it would be a jacket." |
| 74% | SPEED | 5 | 1994 Keanu Reeves movie about a bus that will explode if it goes too slow, set in California |