| 100% | CAROLYNHAX | 10 | Advice guru whose self-titled column used to be called "Tell Me About It": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ISAW | 4 | "You don't have to tell me about it" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | IKNOW | 5 | "You need not remind me about it": 2 wds. |
| 32% | KOREA | 5 | It used to be called the Hermit Kingdom |
| 32% | ILLSEE | 6 | "Let me think about it and tell you later": 2 wds. |
| 32% | COMEONEILEEN | 12 | 1982 Dexys Midnight Runners song whose title might be telling actress Brennan to get moving: 3 wds. |
| 32% | WALKAWAYRENEE | 13 | 1966 Left Banke song whose title might be telling actress Zellweger to leave on foot: 3 wds. |
| 32% | LAYDOWNSALLY | 12 | 1977 Eric Clapton song whose title might be telling actress Field to take a nap: 3 wds. |
| 30% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | R&B singer whose self-titled 1987 album spent its first 11 weeks atop the Billboard 200: 2 wds. |
| 30% | OFNO | 4 | "That's ___ use to me now!": 2 wds. |
| 30% | INTROUBLE | 9 | About to be punished: 2 wds. |
| 29% | NEE | 3 | Used to be called |
| 29% | FIGHTCLUB | 9 | Group in a 1999 movie whose first rule of membership is not to talk about it: 2 wds. |
| 29% | AMYDICKINSON | 12 | Advice guru known by her first name whose book gives "Advice for Better Living": 2 wds. |
| 29% | NOTIF | 5 | "___ I have anything to say about it!" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | OLDME | 5 | The person I used to be, self-descriptively |
| 29% | BAKER | 5 | "I used to be a ___ until I found out I was in it for the dough!" |
| 28% | FEAROFTHEDARK | 13 | 9th album by 40a, whose self-titled song went on to become a worldwide hit, especially once the live version was released: 4 wds. |
| 28% | PAYTO | 5 | "Do I need to ___ use this facility?" ("Is it free?"): 2 wds. |
| 28% | IKNOW | 5 | “Yeah, tell me about it!” |
| 28% | ONEI | 4 | REM's 1987 hit "The ___ Love" (commonly thought to be a love song though it's about using people): 2 wds. |
| 28% | CANOE | 5 | Vessel whose name anagrams to where it might be used |
| 28% | PROTIP | 6 | "Let me tell you, this is how to do it" |
| 28% | ITO | 3 | "What am ___ do about it?": 2 wds. |
| 28% | WHATSTHEPROBLEM | 15 | ''Can you tell me about it?'' |
| 28% | MESOTRONS | 9 | what mesons used to be called |
| 27% | BURMA | 5 | What the country Myanmar used to be called |
| 27% | PNEUMONIA | 9 | This illness used to be called winter fever |
| 27% | IBM | 3 | Company that used to be called CTR: Abbr. |
| 27% | LAPP | 4 | What a native of Sapmi used to be called |