| 100% | TULIPBULB | 9 | Dutch flower-to-be (2 wds.) |
| 83% | ALAW | 4 | "There ought to be ___!": 2 wds. |
| 83% | ENDUP | 5 | Turn out to be: 2 wds. |
| 78% | ALOT | 4 | Leave ___ to be desired: 2 wds. |
| 78% | INTROUBLE | 9 | About to be punished: 2 wds. |
| 78% | ORNO | 4 | "Yes ___?" ("What's it going to be?"): 2 wds. |
| 76% | TULIP | 5 | Dutch flower that is central to many festivals |
| 75% | ALOT | 4 | "It leaves ___ to be desired": 2 wds. |
| 75% | ITSA | 4 | "___ great day to be alive!": 2 wds. |
| 75% | ALOT | 4 | "That leaves ___ to be desired": 2 wds. |
| 75% | ALOT | 4 | "This leaves ___ to be desired": 2 wds. |
| 74% | ONTAP | 5 | Ready to be served, as beer: 2 wds. |
| 74% | IFSO | 4 | "Should that prove to be true ...": 2 wds. |
| 74% | ADARE | 5 | Act on ___ (respond to being challenged): 2 wds. |
| 73% | TODO | 4 | A list of tasks to be performed: 2 wds. |
| 73% | ONTAP | 5 | Ready to be poured, at a bar: 2 wds. |
| 73% | ONTAP | 5 | Ready to be poured from a keg: 2 wds. |
| 73% | IDO | 3 | Words from one about to be committed: 2 wds. |
| 73% | ONTAP | 5 | Ready to be served, at a bar: 2 wds. |
| 73% | ONTAP | 5 | Ready to be drawn from the keg: 2 wds. |
| 73% | ONTAP | 5 | Ready to be poured, at a pub: 2 wds. |
| 73% | PAPERJAM | 8 | Photocopier issue that needs to be unstuck: 2 wds. |
| 72% | RUSHJOB | 7 | Task that has to be done very quickly: 2 wds. |
| 72% | ALIE | 4 | Living ___ (pretending to be something you're not): 2 wds. |
| 72% | ONTAP | 5 | Like beer that's ready to be served: 2 wds. |
| 72% | ONTAP | 5 | Ready to be poured into a beer glass: 2 wds. |
| 72% | LOOSEENDS | 9 | Unfinished things that need to be "tied up": 2 wds. |
| 72% | LIEAWAKE | 8 | Be unable to sleep: 2 wds. |
| 71% | COMEOFF | 7 | "His honest remarks often make him ___ as an insensitive fellow." (seem to be): 2 wds. |
| 71% | SEENAS | 6 | Judged to be (2 wds.) |