| 100% | YET | 3 | "You'll be the death of me ___!" |
| 100% | YET | 3 | "You'll be the death of me ___" |
| 63% | OFME | 4 | "You'll be the death ___ yet!": 2 wds. |
| 62% | MOET | 4 | "The back of the club, sippin' ___ is where you'll find me" (lyric from the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Big Poppa") |
| 61% | CHELSEAHANDLER | 14 | Comedian who wrote the memoir “Life Will Be the Death of Me” |
| 58% | JOHNASHBERY | 11 | Writer of the lines “And the poem / Has set me softly down beside you. The poem is you.” |
| 58% | LIONELRICHIE | 12 | "Say You, Say Me" singer being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday: 2 wds. |
| 57% | GREEN | 5 | I am the color of mistletoe |
| 56% | EDGE | 4 | "You'll be on the ___ of your seat!" |
| 56% | USGO | 4 | “Let ___ then, you and I, / When the evening is spread out against the sky”: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” |
| 56% | VANILLASHAKE | 12 | "Can I offer you dessert? Our frozen treats are to die for because of the slight hint of licorice-like flavoring ..." |
| 55% | THEN | 4 | Fats Waller's "___ I'll Be Tired of You" |
| 55% | EVER | 4 | "If you're ___ in a jam, here I am" (first line of the classic song "Friendship") |
| 55% | VERNE | 5 | Author of the quote "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 54% | SAMETIME | 8 | “I’ll give you the goods when you give me the briefcase full of money” |
| 54% | PLAGUE | 6 | The Black Death was one of these |
| 54% | OBAMA | 5 | Who said "Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues" |
| 54% | FLESH | 5 | "I, to you, am lost in the gorgeous errors of ___": Sylvia Plath |
| 54% | WHITEWATER | 10 | You'll probably be looking at a lot of this if you attempt the Tunnel Rapids on the Colorado |
| 53% | SMALLWORLD | 10 | "What are the chances of seeing you here?!" |
| 53% | ERES | 4 | You are, south of the border |
| 53% | USA | 3 | The land that was made for you and me |
| 53% | SHIRELLES | 9 | The __, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow girl group |
| 53% | CAB | 3 | Death ___ for Cutie, American indie rock band known for their hit "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" |
| 53% | NOWHERE | 7 | You may be lost in the middle of it |
| 53% | RUE | 3 | "You will ___ the day you crossed me!" (regret) |
| 53% | AGREE | 5 | Say you are of the same opinion |
| 53% | TUDORS | 6 | Elizabeth I was the last of them |
| 52% | BOSS | 4 | "___ of Me" (They Might Be Giants song featured on "Malcolm in the Middle") |
| 52% | CATHERINE | 9 | I am the Princess of Wales and people know me as Kate |