| 100% | ASIT | 4 | ___ were (so to speak): 2 wds. |
| 90% | GOAPE | 5 | Come unglued, so to speak: 2 wds. |
| 87% | TWOCENTS | 8 | Monetary amount for an opinion, so to speak: 2 wds. |
| 79% | THENOD | 6 | Official approval, so to speak (2 wds.) |
| 79% | WINDGAUGE | 9 | A speed reader for gusts, so to speak, also known as an anemometer: 2 wds |
| 79% | IMAY | 4 | "If ___ be so bold..." ("Let me speak my mind.."): 2 wds. |
| 76% | SOFEW | 5 | "Never was so much owed by so many to ___ ..." (Winston Churchill quote): 2 wds. |
| 74% | ASITWERE | 8 | So to speak: 3 wds. |
| 72% | CLAMUP | 6 | Refuse to speak: 2 wds. |
| 70% | LIEAWAKE | 8 | Be unable to sleep: 2 wds. |
| 69% | IMAY | 4 | "If ___ be so bold ...": 2 wds. |
| 69% | IMAY | 4 | "If ___ be so bold...": 2 wds. |
| 67% | ABOUND | 6 | Be everywhere, so to speak |
| 67% | DIES | 4 | Is mortified, so to speak |
| 67% | SWEAT | 5 | Be edgy, so to speak |
| 67% | SMELLARAT | 9 | Be suspicious, so to speak |
| 67% | OWES | 4 | Is shy, so to speak |
| 67% | CANGETIT | 8 | Is sexy, so to speak |
| 67% | CONESNAIL | 9 | The Marbled ___, a beautiful looking shell-like creature, whose venom is so potent that one drop is enough to kill 20 humans: 2 wds. |
| 66% | FOODCOMA | 8 | Feeling of being so full that you don't want to move: 2 wds. |
| 65% | OFGAB | 5 | Gift ___, the ability to speak well: 2 wds. |
| 65% | TOOKASIDE | 9 | Ushered away, to speak in private: 2 wds. |
| 65% | FEDUP | 5 | "I am so ___ with her antics": 2 wds. |
| 64% | UPATREE | 7 | Having no way out, so to speak: 3 wds. |
| 64% | FEDUP | 5 | "I am so ___ with her antics" (tired): 2 wds. |
| 64% | DNA | 3 | Fiber of one's being, so to speak |
| 64% | RULE | 4 | Be the best, so to speak |
| 64% | MOOCH | 5 | Be a sponge, so to speak |
| 64% | GOTIN | 5 | Was accepted to a program: 2 wds. |
| 64% | INTOW | 5 | Being hauled to the garage: 2 wds. |