| 100% | AWILL | 5 | ''When there's __, there's . . .'' |
| 100% | SLOWNEWSDAY | 11 | When there's nothing doing |
| 98% | IFNECESSARY | 11 | When there's no other option |
| 96% | PEEPSHOW | 8 | When there's nothing on to watch? |
| 95% | ATNOON | 6 | When there's darkness, in a Koestler title |
| 95% | COPIOUS | 7 | When there's a whole lot of something |
| 92% | SKY | 3 | The limit when there's no limit |
| 92% | SILENT | 6 | Listen out when there's no sound |
| 91% | ATNOON | 6 | When there's "darkness" in a classic Arthur Koestler novel |
| 91% | SNOWDAY | 7 | When there's no class because of all the banks? |
| 91% | HUMID | 5 | When there's lots of water vapor in the air |
| 91% | POWER | 5 | What's lost when there's a blackout |
| 90% | PEEPSHOW | 8 | Something to watch when there's nothing on? |
| 90% | IMUP | 4 | Shout when there's no cause for alarm? |
| 90% | STREAKING | 9 | Activity for when there's nothing going on? |
| 90% | ALARMBELLS | 10 | Things that go off when there's danger |
| 90% | PEACETIME | 9 | Silence, on occasion, when there’s no war |
| 89% | TIMEFACTOR | 10 | It comes into play when there's a deadline |
| 89% | BOREDOM | 7 | Something you feel when there's nothing to do |
| 89% | NEAP | 4 | ___ tide (ocean event when there's a half-moon) |
| 87% | OYSTERS | 7 | Shellfish eaten when there's an "r" in the month |
| 87% | AIRCRAFTCARRIER | 15 | *Place to land when there's no land in sight |
| 85% | PASS | 4 | What not to do when there’s a double yellow line |
| 83% | SSH | 3 | Noise that's often heard when there's to be no noise |
| 83% | SPEND | 5 | "I tend to ___ a lot of money when there's a sale" |
| 82% | ATNOON | 6 | When there's 12 hours left until the new year, on New Year's Eve |
| 81% | NATURALCAUSES | 13 | There's no foul play when one passes by these |
| 80% | ARRIVAL | 7 | When you get there |
| 79% | ODDS | 4 | There's not much of a chance when these are long |
| 78% | SHAFT | 5 | "Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about?" |