| 100% | RUDE | 4 | "You don't have to be a jerk about it!" |
| 70% | THESPADESOFJACK | 15 | "You don't have to be a gardener to dig this book about Kerouac's tools" |
| 58% | ISAW | 4 | "You don't have to tell me about it" (2 wds.) |
| 58% | ELECTIVE | 8 | You don't have to take it |
| 56% | LISTEN | 6 | You don't have to face the music to do it |
| 54% | KITE | 4 | You don't need a license to fly it |
| 53% | DROPMEALINE | 11 | "Don't be a stranger!" ... or what you have to do three times in this puzzle |
| 52% | THATGUY | 7 | Fellow you don't want to be, in a phrase |
| 51% | OFFICEMAXIM | 11 | "You don't have to be busy to look busy," e.g.? |
| 51% | IMSAFE | 6 | "You don't have to worry about me" |
| 50% | ANACONDA | 8 | One you don't want to have a crush on you |
| 49% | AISLESEAT | 9 | Sit here if you don't want to be by a window |
| 49% | WATSON | 6 | To whom it is said "You have a grand gift for silence …. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion" |
| 49% | ANTE | 4 | You have to be upfront about this |
| 49% | ANTE | 4 | You have to be upfront with it |
| 48% | LEG | 3 | "You don't have a ___ to stand on!" |
| 48% | ONUS | 4 | "You don't have to pay, it's ___" ("We'll pay"): 2 wds. |
| 48% | ICAN | 4 | "___ take a hint!" ("You don't have to spell it out for me"): 2 wds. |
| 47% | OPTIONAL | 8 | Something you don't have to choose |
| 47% | ELECTIVES | 9 | What you don't have to take |
| 47% | NONEED | 6 | "Really, you don't have to" |
| 47% | NONEED | 6 | "Seriously, you don't have to" |
| 47% | ARREST | 6 | You don't want to be under this |
| 46% | FREEGIFT | 8 | Something you don't have to pay for, redundantly |
| 46% | HARSH | 5 | “You could have been a little nicer about it” |
| 46% | TROOPERS | 8 | You don't want to be on their radar |
| 46% | WITS | 4 | It's good to have these about you |
| 46% | TIEATIE | 7 | What you don't have to do on casual Friday |
| 46% | ROW | 3 | You don't want to be in the last one |
| 45% | ICANTAKEAHINT | 13 | "You don't have to explain what you mean" |