| 100% | LOSETO | 6 | Be upset by, say |
| 72% | LOSE | 4 | Be upset, say |
| 68% | SPITE | 5 | Pet is upset by ill will |
| 68% | SATFOR | 6 | Was painted by, say |
| 61% | GOAD | 4 | Taunt by saying "What are you, a chicken?" |
| 61% | RUSTLES | 7 | Is stirred by a draft, say |
| 59% | UNLET | 5 | Being shown by an apartment broker, say |
| 59% | REASSURES | 9 | Comforts by saying "it'll be all right," for example |
| 58% | GROANED | 7 | Was affected by too heavy a weight, say |
| 57% | ONRADAR | 7 | Being tracked by air traffic control, say (2 wds.) |
| 57% | BEGS | 4 | Is a bad dog by the dinner table, say |
| 56% | PURDUE | 6 | School whose basketball team (No. 1 seed) was upset by Fairleigh Dickinson's team (No. 16 seed) |
| 56% | SALVATOR | 8 | __ Mundi, disputed painting said to be by Leonardo |
| 55% | VAIN | 4 | Something that is fruitless or marked by futility, say |
| 55% | CHARMEDLIVES | 12 | What those unaffected by difficulties are said to lead |
| 55% | LIPREADER | 9 | Can deduce what is said by watching the mouth |
| 54% | WEREONAROLL | 11 | What might be said by successful bettors … or sesame seeds? |
| 54% | MAMA | 4 | Word that might be said by a talking baby doll |
| 54% | ARISTOTLE | 9 | Philosopher who said "Man is by nature a political animal" |
| 54% | CHE | 3 | He said, "Silence is argument carried out by other means" |
| 53% | ALL | 3 | "___ in!" said by poker players who are betting their full pot |
| 53% | AMEN | 4 | It is said at the end of prayer by all churchgoers |
| 52% | ALIST | 5 | Likely to be swarmed by paparazzi, say |
| 52% | GRAVITY | 7 | Said to have been discovered by Newton |
| 50% | EBERT | 5 | He said "I learned to be a movie critic by reading Mad magazine" |
| 50% | TOHEART | 7 | "Don't take that criticism ___" (be upset by it): 2 wds. |
| 50% | ULCER | 5 | Affliction said to be caused by worry |
| 49% | IFA | 3 | "___ number is not divisible by 2, it is said to be odd.": 2 wds |
| 49% | APOLOGY | 7 | "This Is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams, essentially |
| 48% | HATERS | 6 | "Rumors are carried by ___, spread by fools and accepted by idiots" (old saying) |