| 100% | NOFEAR | 6 | “I’ll tell you what freedom is to me: ___”: Nina Simone |
| 53% | SEE | 3 | "That's what I was trying to tell you!" |
| 48% | LINUS | 5 | Boy who said "Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about" |
| 46% | PROTIP | 6 | "Let me tell you, this is how to do it" |
| 46% | OHTHAT | 6 | "Ah, I didn't know what you were referring to" |
| 46% | OURS | 4 | What things belonging to you and me are |
| 45% | FREE | 4 | "...One thing I can tell you is you got to be ___" ("Come Together" by The Beatles) |
| 45% | IVE | 3 | "That's what ___ been trying to tell you!" |
| 45% | ITS | 3 | "___ like I've been trying to tell you ..." |
| 45% | ASIUNDERSTANDIT | 15 | “If what’s been told to me is true . . .” |
| 45% | NEWSFLASH | 9 | "Hey, let me be the first to tell you ..." |
| 45% | ABOUTTHAT | 9 | "Ah, yes, I'd been meaning to tell you ..." |
| 44% | TWO | 3 | "You want my ___ cents?" ("I'll tell you what I think") |
| 43% | HERESWHO | 8 | "Want to know the culprit? I'll tell you!" |
| 43% | SEE | 3 | "I told you that was going to happen" |
| 43% | LIFE | 4 | "Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious ___?": Mary Oliver |
| 41% | ELSE | 4 | "I don't know what ___ to tell you" |
| 40% | GREEK | 5 | What unintelligible writing is to me? |
| 40% | ITSALONGSTORY | 13 | "I'll tell you the rest another time," and what can be said about the starts of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 49-Across |
| 40% | ARE | 3 | "What ___ you trying to tell me?" |
| 40% | IVE | 3 | "You don't know what ___ been through" ("Be nice to me") |
| 40% | ISAW | 4 | "You don't need to tell me what happened" |
| 39% | NAGNAGNAG | 9 | "You always tell me what to do!" |
| 39% | ISIS | 4 | Dylan song with the line "What drives me to you is what drives me insane" |
| 39% | ITSAFREECOUNTRY | 15 | "You can't tell me what to do!" |
| 39% | AREWEDONE | 9 | "Is that all you have to tell me?" |
| 39% | SEE | 3 | What did I tell you? |
| 39% | KNEW | 4 | "I'll spend forever wondering if you ___ / I was enchanted to meet you" |
| 38% | BOSS | 4 | "You're the ___" ("Just tell me what to do") |
| 38% | DOICARE | 7 | "Why are you bringing this up to me?" |