| 100% | ONTHEDOT | 8 | “. . . and not a minute later” |
| 56% | TOO | 3 | ". . . and not a moment ___ soon!" |
| 53% | ALEXANDERPHLEGMING | 18 | Antibiotic discoverer, and not a moment too soon? |
| 52% | NOW | 3 | Not earlier and not later |
| 49% | HERO | 4 | Last minute rescuer, like a firefighter |
| 48% | BLOODTYPES | 10 | A+ and B-, but not F |
| 48% | GARBAGETIME | 11 | Last minutes of a blowout game |
| 48% | ADAY | 4 | "__ late and a dollar short" |
| 47% | ATTHELATEST | 11 | ''Not a minute afterward'' |
| 47% | RATES | 5 | A dime a minute, and others |
| 47% | TRUMAN | 6 | Last president not a college grad |
| 46% | SOON | 4 | "And not a moment too __!" |
| 46% | THROWAWAY | 9 | Casual and not meant to be taken seriously, as a remark |
| 46% | KEYS | 4 | A and E, but not I, O or U |
| 46% | ALERS | 5 | A and O, but not E, I or U |
| 46% | PARTINGSHOT | 11 | Last word, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 46% | IDO | 3 | Last words for a bachelor and bachelorette: 2 wds. |
| 46% | HUGHGRANT | 9 | Notting Hill, About a Boy and Love Actually actor |
| 46% | ADAY | 4 | "I'm __ late and a dollar short" |
| 45% | NOTES | 5 | A, B and C, but not X, Y and Z |
| 45% | MUSICNOTES | 10 | A, B and C, but not X, Y and Z |
| 45% | AFTERWARD | 9 | At a later time, not the current time |
| 45% | SEDENTARY | 9 | A __ life is not good for mind and body health |
| 45% | CRANE | 5 | Last name of Frasier, Niles, and Martin, on a sitcom |
| 45% | CRAM | 4 | Prepare for a test at the last minute |
| 45% | INITIALS | 8 | First letters of a first and last name |
| 45% | BOTH | 4 | "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was ___," famous last line of "Charlotte's Web" |
| 45% | VIRTUALBUSINESS | 15 | Not a brick-and-mortar enterprise |
| 45% | ESHOP | 5 | Not a brick-and-mortar operation |
| 44% | ABORT | 5 | Scrub at the last minute, as a rocket launch |