| 100% | PIT | 3 | ___ stop (NASCAR refueling time) |
| 56% | HALT | 4 | Stop Harold on time |
| 53% | PIT | 3 | NASCAR track refueling area |
| 51% | PAUSE | 5 | Stop for a short time |
| 51% | REST | 4 | Time to stop the music |
| 51% | MENOPAUSE | 9 | Time when women stop menstruating |
| 51% | STEMS | 5 | Stops mess developing, with time |
| 51% | FASTED | 6 | Stopped eating for a time |
| 50% | PINT | 4 | Stop in time to have beer |
| 50% | PIT | 3 | ___ stop (where race cars refuel) |
| 49% | PINT | 4 | Stop in time to have a beer |
| 48% | CUTITOUTALREADY | 15 | *"For the last time, stop!" |
| 47% | SQUARE | 6 | Times __, NYC Subway stop for New Year partying |
| 47% | LAYOVER | 7 | Stop or transfer time between flights |
| 47% | ODED | 4 | Didn't stop in time, say |
| 47% | IMLATE | 6 | "No time to stop and chitchat!" |
| 47% | CUTS | 4 | With 48-Across, stops wasting time |
| 44% | BRAKEPEDAL | 10 | One depressed when it’s time to stop |
| 41% | TWICE | 5 | How many times a day a stopped clock is right |
| 41% | DOIT | 4 | "Stop wasting time!" |
| 38% | LIVINLAVEHICLELOCA | 18 | "Are you enjoying your time out on the Nascar circuit?" [Ricky Martin, 1999] |
| 38% | RICHARD | 7 | ___ Petty, former auto racing driver who won the NASCAR Cup Series seven times |
| 37% | JIMMIE | 6 | Six-time Nascar champion Johnson |
| 36% | JIMMIE | 6 | ___ Johnson, professional stock car racing driver who won the NASCAR Cup Series seven times |
| 36% | EARNHARDT | 9 | Dale ___, former auto racing driver who won the NASCAR Winston Cup Series seven times |
| 36% | QUITSCOLDTURKEY | 15 | Suddenly stops eating Thanksgiving leftovers? (ending with one under, three times in a row) |
| 35% | PIT | 3 | ___ stop (refueling place during an auto race) |
| 35% | PIT | 3 | ___ stop (refueling site during a motor race) |
| 35% | JEFF | 4 | ___ Gordon, former professional stock car racing driver who won the NASCAR Cup Series four times |
| 34% | INDUE | 5 | ___ time |