| 100% | BLUE | 4 | Color of forget-me-nots |
| 65% | NOTETOSELF | 10 | "Let me not forget . . ." |
| 62% | BLUE | 4 | Color of some M&Ms but not (original) Skittles |
| 61% | ATINGE | 6 | Not much, in terms of color |
| 61% | PALE | 4 | Not bright, in terms of color |
| 60% | FREE | 4 | “I am not ___ as long as one person of Color remains chained”: Audre Lorde |
| 60% | INDIGO | 6 | Color of the rainbow not in the Pride flag |
| 60% | UNDYED | 6 | Not colored, i.e. natural hair color |
| 58% | BOSS | 4 | "You're not the ___ of me!" |
| 56% | SHOULDAGUESSED | 14 | "Stupid of me not to know" |
| 56% | GREEN | 5 | I am the color of mistletoe |
| 55% | ICOULD | 6 | “It’s not out of the question for me” |
| 55% | PAULSEN | 7 | "If elected I will not serve" candidate of 1968 |
| 55% | LOL | 3 | Line of dolls whose appeal I do not comprehend |
| 54% | NOT | 3 | Forget-me-___ (type of flower) |
| 54% | SASS | 4 | Comments such as "You're not the boss of me!" |
| 54% | SHE | 3 | Preceder of "loves me" and "loves me not" |
| 53% | LAW | 3 | Richard Rothstein's "The Color of ___: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America" |
| 53% | PUN | 3 | Im not scared of insects, but they really bug me, e.g. |
| 53% | FOOD | 4 | "I am not a glutton — I am an explorer of ___": Erma Bombeck |
| 53% | LONGISLANDIEDIEDTEA | 19 | Alcoholic drink so named because of its color, not its content |
| 51% | MAYA | 4 | & 8A US author of 1990 poetry collection I Shall Not be Moved |
| 51% | ASA | 3 | "___ matter of fact, I am not okay with it": 2 wds. |
| 51% | LYLE | 4 | Country singer ___ Lovett of "Pass Me Not" |
| 50% | AWARE | 5 | "Not that I'm ___ of" |
| 50% | AWARE | 5 | "Not that I'm ____ of" |
| 50% | INEEDMYSPACE | 12 | Relative of "It's not you, it's me" |
| 50% | LONE | 4 | "Bury Me Not on the ___ Prairie," western folk ballad fitting for a "National Day of the Cowboy" playlist |
| 49% | AMSO | 4 | “In sooth, I know not why I ___ sad”: opening of “The Merchant of Venice” |
| 49% | TAN | 3 | Color of sand |