| 100% | MAEWEST | 7 | Actress who said "I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it" |
| 91% | MAE | 3 | Actress West who said, "I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it" |
| 90% | MAE | 3 | West who said "I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it" |
| 83% | MAE | 3 | West who said, "I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it." |
| 81% | MAE | 3 | 1930s sex symbol West who said, "I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it" |
| 41% | COLBERT | 7 | Who said "I can't prove it, but I can say it" |
| 39% | OSCAR | 5 | With 7-Across, writer who said "I can resist everything except temptation" |
| 35% | HAL | 3 | Computer who says "Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it." |
| 34% | CHOCOHOLIC | 10 | One who can't resist Hershey's, say |
| 33% | LISP | 4 | Someone who has it can't say it |
| 33% | MITCH | 5 | Comedian Hedberg who said "I'm against picketing but I don't know how to show it" |
| 31% | CAIN | 4 | Biblical person who says "My punishment is greater than I can bear" |
| 31% | LUCILLE | 7 | “Arrested Development” character who said “I mean, it’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost, ten dollars?” |
| 30% | RSVP | 4 | Say "Yeah, I can make it," say |
| 30% | HAL | 3 | Film computer who says, "I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" |
| 30% | HAL | 3 | Movie villain who says "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that" |
| 30% | HAL | 3 | Evil computer who says, "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that" |
| 30% | OSCARWILDE | 10 | Irish wit who wrote "I can resist everything except temptation": 2 wds. |
| 30% | ALI | 3 | Who said "It's not bragging if you can back it up" |
| 30% | CHICO | 5 | With 35-Across, actor who said "You can't fool me, there ain't no Sanity Clause" |
| 30% | ERMA | 4 | Bombeck who said, "If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it" |
| 30% | ALGORE | 6 | Who said "Take it from me, every vote counts" |
| 30% | DOESNTRINGABELL | 15 | "Can't say I've heard of it . . ." |
| 30% | MAEWEST | 7 | Actress who said "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough" |
| 29% | TSELIOT | 7 | Who said "Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood" |
| 29% | OPRAH | 5 | Who said "I'm black. I don't feel burdened by it .... It's part of who I am. It does not define me" |
| 29% | DONTRUSHME | 10 | “I said I’ll get to it when I can” |
| 29% | OLEO | 4 | I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! product |
| 29% | TEDLASSO | 8 | TV character who said "Heck, you could fill two internets with what I don’t know about football" |
| 29% | SATANIC | 7 | I can’t, as it turns devilish |