| 100% | LEFTFOR | 7 | Abandoned while there still might have been hope |
| 37% | SCENES | 6 | They may be stolen while people stand there and watch |
| 34% | ALAS | 4 | Cry for what might have been |
| 34% | TOGA | 4 | Costume that might have been a bedsheet |
| 34% | GETWHALEWISHES | 14 | These may have been given to Ishmael? |
| 34% | POTSHERDS | 9 | Ruins things that may have been hidden? |
| 33% | ADAM | 4 | Person whose first wife may have been Lilith |
| 32% | VCRS | 4 | Devices that might have been used for "time shifting" |
| 32% | MULLED | 6 | Like wine that might have been prepared by Pete? |
| 32% | SPORK | 5 | Utensil that might have been called a foon instead |
| 32% | LOOSELY | 7 | How a blown-open door may have been closed |
| 32% | IDA | 3 | Holy Greek peak where Zeus may have been born |
| 32% | POINT | 5 | "You might have a ___ there" |
| 32% | HADI | 4 | "___ known the truth, things might have been different": 2 wds. |
| 32% | BISCAY | 6 | Bay for which a French soup may have been named |
| 32% | BAR | 3 | You might have a shot there |
| 32% | ASHOT | 5 | Had __: was still in the running |
| 31% | ISLEFT | 6 | May still be taken |
| 31% | TARRAGON | 8 | "I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough ___ around." — James Beard |
| 31% | CROP | 4 | * ___ circles, design on farms that may have been left by 11a |
| 31% | ACTNOW | 6 | “Do something, while there’s still time!” |
| 31% | AISLES | 6 | Things that may have to be cleared |
| 31% | TAXSHELTER | 10 | There might be one offshore |
| 31% | DAYS | 4 | There are 31 in May |
| 31% | ALEPPO | 6 | Syrian city that may have been inhabited since the sixth millennium BC |
| 31% | POSE | 4 | Something you might have to sit still for |
| 31% | ANGST | 5 | Feeling you might have while pacing the floor |
| 31% | AHAMOMENT | 9 | What you may have while solving this puzzle? |
| 30% | GENE | 4 | There might be one for depression |
| 30% | EARLYON | 7 | While still not much has happened |