| 100% | STAIR | 5 | “Life for me ain’t been no crystal ___”: Langston Hughes, “Mother to Son” |
| 75% | STAIR | 5 | "Life for me ain't been no crystal ___" (Langston Hughes line) |
| 38% | ICANNOT | 7 | "There is no way for me to do that" |
| 38% | HOWCOULDIREFUSE | 15 | "There was no choice but for me to say yes!" |
| 34% | WRITER | 6 | I pen the "script" for the film which the actors bring to life. Who am I? |
| 32% | ONEVERSE | 8 | Poetic length of Langston Hughes's "Mother to Son" |
| 32% | GOTEM | 5 | "They were no match for me!" |
| 32% | IHADTO | 6 | "There was no other option for me!" |
| 31% | BRENDALEE | 9 | Artist whose Christmas song beat "All I Want for Christmas Is You" to No. 1 on the Billboard charts this month |
| 31% | IKNEWIT | 7 | "That was no surprise to me": 3 wds. |
| 31% | ICANT | 5 | "Sorry, that day is no good for me" |
| 30% | NINA | 4 | "Ain't Got No- I Got Life," singer Simone |
| 30% | FOREIGNER | 9 | Band known for I Want to Know What Love Is |
| 30% | IGOTTA | 6 | "Ain't no choice for me" |
| 29% | SOLEMNLY | 8 | I __ swear that I am up to no good, says Potter |
| 29% | INMYDAY | 7 | Phrase used for what life used to be like |
| 29% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed" |
| 29% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / and be ashamed-" |
| 29% | BSIDE | 5 | “Ain’t No Way,” to “(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone” |
| 28% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They send me to eat in the kitchen / When company comes" |
| 28% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "Nobody'll dare / Say to me, / 'Eat in the kitchen,' / Then" |
| 28% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines “They send me to eat in the kitchen / When company comes” |
| 28% | OWE | 3 | "I ___ everything to my mother!" ("She got me where I am today") |
| 28% | LEE | 3 | Amy ___, singer for the band Evanescence, known for "Bring Me to Life" |
| 28% | CAMO | 4 | Attire for a G.I. who doesn't want to be seen |
| 28% | APR | 3 | It is the cruelest month according to T.S. Eliot, for short |
| 27% | HALE | 4 | I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country speaker |
| 27% | REGRET | 6 | "That I have but one life to lose for my country," to Hale |
| 27% | BISON | 5 | "What did the buffalo say to his son who was leaving for college?" |
| 27% | OLE | 3 | Her s___ purpose in life was to provide for herself and her family |