| 100% | DURAN | 5 | Boxer Roberto who said "No más" to end a 1980 bout with Sugar Ray Leonard |
| 41% | DURAN | 5 | Boxer Roberto who fought Sugar Ray Leonard |
| 41% | NOMAS | 5 | Words with which Roberto Durán reportedly ended his 1980 fight with Sugar Ray Leonard |
| 35% | MAS | 3 | Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran's contest of 1980, popularly known as the "No ___ Fight" |
| 33% | EATER | 5 | Fussy ___ (one who says no to a lot of foods) |
| 31% | EYRE | 4 | Title heroine who says "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you" |
| 30% | ENGEL | 5 | One with a halo to whom you might say "Hallo!" |
| 28% | SIRI | 4 | Assistant who, after a 2023 update, no longer needs to be greeted with “Hey” |
| 28% | PELEG | 5 | Literary captain who says "It's better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one" |
| 28% | PELEG | 5 | Literary seaman who says, “It’s better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one” |
| 28% | TED | 3 | Lasso who said, "If God would have wanted games to end in a tie, she wouldn't have invented numbers" |
| 28% | OPT | 3 | Say no to, with "out" |
| 28% | REFUSE | 6 | Say no to a request |
| 28% | LIVEALONE | 9 | Say no to a roommate |
| 28% | DECLINEANOFFER | 14 | Say no to a negotiator |
| 27% | DENY | 4 | Say no to, as a request |
| 27% | BERRA | 5 | Yankee Yogi who's credited with saying "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" |
| 27% | DORA | 4 | Animated explorer who often says "Swiper, no swiping" to a masked fox |
| 27% | DORA | 4 | Cartoon girl who often says "Swiper, no swiping" to a masked fox |
| 26% | POGO | 4 | Comic strip character who said "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person" |
| 26% | TIMOTHYBRADLEY | 14 | Former boxer with five world titles who followed a vegan diet for his fights from 2008 to 2015: 2 wds. |
| 26% | PULLTHEPIN | 10 | End a project due to lack of funding, say |
| 26% | EYRE | 4 | Literary Jane who says "No net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will" |
| 26% | THEODORADORNO | 13 | Frankfurt School philosopher who said, “To those who no longer have a homeland, writing becomes home” |
| 26% | TIME | 4 | Find the answer to the metaphor mystery: "I am a circle that bends, a ticking river that flows with no end" |
| 26% | THECIDERHOUSELURES | 18 | Story of a youth who says to hell with it and goes to the pub? |
| 25% | ROMEO | 5 | Character who said "Thus with a kiss I die" |
| 25% | ACTOR | 5 | To whom "break a leg" is said |
| 25% | GHOSTED | 7 | Suddenly ended a friendship, with no explanation |
| 25% | PRY | 3 | To open something, with a crowbar say |