| 100% | YESNO | 5 | “It was a ___ question!” (gripe after not getting a simple answer from someone) |
| 45% | VOICEMAIL | 9 | It may be left after the beep when a call's not answered: 2 wds. |
| 42% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Who wrote "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not" |
| 41% | YEAST | 5 | Bakers get a rise from it (but not shine) |
| 41% | ORIGAMI | 7 | It might be gotten from a folder |
| 40% | WHERE | 5 | "___ are you from?" question to ask when getting to know someone |
| 40% | HOWDIDITGO | 10 | Question to someone getting back from a date |
| 40% | AJAR | 4 | Answer to the riddle "When is a door not a door? When it's ___" |
| 39% | OAR | 3 | It may be used to get away from a bank |
| 38% | PAL | 3 | It will get you from L.A. to Manila |
| 38% | IMOLD | 5 | Remark after not getting a modern reference |
| 37% | ROOMFORDESSERT | 14 | Question from a server, or what was needed to create the answer to each starred clue |
| 36% | ALIVE | 5 | “Is it still ___?” (horrified question after stomping on a roach, maybe) |
| 36% | ASK | 3 | "___ a silly question, get a silly answer" |
| 36% | WHO | 3 | "___ is it?" (question after a "ding-dong!") |
| 36% | DRUG | 4 | It can get a sportsman banned from a tourney |
| 36% | SMASH | 5 | A flop it is not |
| 35% | WHATSTODAYSDATE | 15 | Question from someone writing a check |
| 35% | CHINASHOP | 9 | A bull market it is not! |
| 35% | TRAMCAR | 7 | It gets a load from a lode |
| 35% | OREO | 4 | It may get a licking after dinner |
| 35% | OREO | 4 | It may get a licking after lunch |
| 35% | DOER | 4 | Someone who is not just a thinker |
| 34% | ERIS | 4 | Goddess of strife who incited the Trojan War after not getting a wedding invitation |
| 34% | MUTEBUTTON | 10 | It may be clicked before or after speaking in a Zoom meeting |
| 34% | JEOPARDY | 8 | TV quiz show in which the answer is a question |
| 34% | ANYONE | 6 | Question after a question is met with silence |
| 34% | SEEME | 5 | Question from someone waving across a crowded room |
| 34% | PARENTALCONSENT | 15 | It might be required to get a tattoo |
| 34% | ROME | 4 | It was not built in a day, proverbially |