| 100% | EMOTED | 6 | Didn't hide one's feelings, to say the least |
| 55% | FAILEDAT | 8 | Didn't crush, to say the least |
| 48% | CHOPPEDLIVER | 12 | Metaphor for one feeling slighted ... and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 46% | DEADTIRED | 9 | Beat, to say the least |
| 46% | INSATIATE | 9 | Demanding, to say the least |
| 45% | SPOKEUP | 7 | Didn't hide one's opinion |
| 45% | IRATE | 5 | Not happy, to say the least |
| 45% | ANAL | 4 | Detail-oriented, to say the least |
| 45% | BRONCO | 6 | Bouncy ride, to say the least |
| 45% | ALLOVER | 7 | Taking care of, to say the least |
| 44% | LAZIER | 6 | Feeling less compelled to leave the couch, say |
| 43% | CHARM | 5 | The third time's said to be one |
| 42% | STARED | 6 | Didn’t hide one’s curiosity |
| 42% | ALSORAN | 7 | One who didn't make it to the office? |
| 42% | ALSORAN | 7 | One who didn't make it to the office |
| 42% | BUST | 4 | One that didn't live up to the hype |
| 41% | SHEPHERD | 8 | Christmas song, Said the little lamb to the __ boy |
| 41% | ANDTHENSOME | 11 | "To say the least!" |
| 41% | DREAD | 5 | Feeling of fear (as when called to the principal's office, say) |
| 40% | GEM | 3 | There's one hidden in the answer to each starred clue |
| 39% | ANTSY | 5 | Feeling the need to pace, say |
| 39% | SASSY | 5 | One to say "talk to the hand!" |
| 39% | PUTTINGUPAFRONT | 15 | Hiding one's true feelings |
| 38% | BETHLEHEM | 9 | Said to be the little town where Jesus was born |
| 38% | EMOTE | 5 | Not hide one's feelings |
| 38% | LAZIEST | 7 | Least likely to get up from the couch, say |
| 38% | DOOMERS | 7 | Pessimists about the future, to say the least |
| 37% | GRUNTER | 7 | One with little to say |
| 37% | TEARSOFF | 8 | Gets rid of one of those little tags that says "Under penalty of law this tag not not to be removed except by the consumer" |
| 37% | ELIXIR | 6 | The ___ of life, a potion said to prolong one's life |