| 100% | AJAR | 4 | Answer to the riddle "When is a door not a door? When it's ___" |
| 80% | JAR | 3 | "When it's a ___" (answer to the riddle "When is a door not a door?") |
| 73% | AJAR | 4 | "When it's ___" (answer to the old riddle "When is a door not a door?") |
| 69% | AJAR | 4 | "When is a door not a door? When it's ___" (classic riddle) |
| 61% | AJAR | 4 | "When is a door not a door? When it's ___" (classic joke) |
| 59% | AJAR | 4 | Q.: When is a door not a door? A.: When it's ___ |
| 59% | AJAR | 4 | Q. When is a door not a door? A. When it's ___ |
| 58% | VOICEMAIL | 9 | It may be left after the beep when a call's not answered: 2 wds. |
| 49% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 49% | FOUNDMISSING | 12 | Like a stolen object, when it's not where it's supposed to be |
| 49% | AJAR | 4 | "When it's __": answer to a classic riddle |
| 48% | MEMORY | 6 | Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?" |
| 48% | AJAR | 4 | What a door is when it's not a door, in an old joke |
| 48% | SUPER | 5 | Word that's its own synonym when a "b" is added to the end |
| 47% | DAM | 3 | Answer to the joke "What did the fish say when it swam into a wall?" |
| 47% | NORMA | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a man's name when its first letter is added to the end |
| 46% | MIDDLEMARCH | 11 | George Eliot novel that's not the contest answer, but provides a hint to it |
| 46% | ONEWORD | 7 | What the answer to this clue is not (it's two!) |
| 45% | OUT | 3 | Where a dog wants to go when it scratches the door, perhaps |
| 45% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
| 45% | HERE | 4 | Word that becomes its opposite when a "T" is added to the beginning |
| 44% | REDFLAG | 7 | This is flown on a beach when it's unsafe to swim |
| 44% | RIDDLE | 6 | "When is a door not a door?," e.g. |
| 44% | SCAMS | 5 | Con jobs, or, when broken after its first letter, a hint to the starred answers |
| 44% | AMONRA | 6 | Deity that becomes a given name when its fifth letter is moved to the front |
| 44% | EDAM | 4 | Answer to the riddle "What cheese is made backward?" |
| 43% | AMP | 3 | A guitar's friend for when it needs to be loud: Abbr. |
| 43% | EBBING | 6 | What a tide is doing when it's not flowing |
| 43% | PIN | 3 | When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat |
| 43% | BECAUSEPOEWROTE | 15 | Start of a possible answer to the riddle |