| 100% | REMOTE | 6 | ___ control, television operating equipment that seems impossible to find when you're looking for it |
| 66% | SOCK | 4 | Matching ___, one of a pair of feet warmers that seems impossible to find when you're looking for it |
| 59% | TICKET | 6 | Traveler's proof of travel that seems impossible to find when you're asked for it |
| 47% | PEN | 3 | Writing implement that seems impossible to find when you need to make an urgent note |
| 35% | SPOT | 4 | Parking ___, place in the car lot where you might be parked, and something that seems impossible to find when you're in a rush |
| 31% | TIME | 4 | What you read on a clock, and something that seems impossible to find on busy days |
| 29% | FREE | 4 | When you get something without having to pay for it, it is ___ |
| 28% | HEREITIS | 8 | "I found what you're looking for!" |
| 28% | RECLINE | 7 | To lie back, in a chair that does it for you |
| 28% | ETA | 3 | When you're supposed to get there, for short |
| 28% | ATRAIN | 6 | You can "listen to those rails a-thrumming" when it's coming |
| 28% | NEMESES | 7 | Foes that seem impossible to beat |
| 27% | ERMA | 4 | Bombeck who wrote When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home |
| 27% | THEGAME | 7 | When you're "ahead of" it, you're likely to succeed |
| 27% | HELLO | 5 | Lionel Richie song that asks "Is it me you're looking for?" |
| 26% | MOSQUITO | 8 | *Flying pest you may find at home that uses its proboscis to suck blood |
| 26% | HELLO | 5 | Lionel Richie song that asks, "Is it me you're looking for?" |
| 26% | YESMOM | 6 | When you're ten and told to behave, most just stop, look sheepish and say "___" |
| 26% | ETA | 3 | Information that will tell you when a flight is due to land, for example: Abbr |
| 26% | HNY | 3 | It's not cool to say this when you run into someone in May that you haven't seen for months (abbr.) |
| 26% | THANKMELATER | 12 | "Take my word for it, you're going to love this" |
| 26% | ROOF | 4 | Now you know what to look for, but where is it? (1/5) Did it fall out when Santa landed on the ___ of the house? |
| 26% | TEN | 3 | Number it's suggested that you count to when you're angry |
| 26% | SAE | 3 | Item to include when you mail away your on-spec manuscript for consideration, if you want it back (abbr.) |
| 25% | OTB | 3 | Place to go when you're not going to the races, for short? |
| 25% | YIPS | 4 | Slangy term for that condition caused by nervousness when you're about to down that match-winning putt (with "the") |
| 25% | BOBBYSHERMAN | 12 | She said that when it comes to '60s teen idols, all you need to know is one thing: ___ |
| 25% | SETI | 4 | Grp. that hasn't yet found what it's looking for |
| 24% | UNO | 3 | You say it when you're down to a single card |
| 24% | CHE | 3 | Who said "The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall" |