| 100% | INPERSON | 8 | Face to face rather than on the phone |
| 50% | ONHOLD | 6 | Waiting to talk on the phone |
| 50% | CALLING | 7 | Trying to reach on the phone |
| 50% | EYEMASKS | 8 | Face-coverings to help one sleep on the plane |
| 50% | HELD | 4 | Listened to Muzak on the phone, maybe |
| 49% | TEAMMATES | 9 | Players pass to them rather than the opposition! |
| 48% | HOLDMUSIC | 9 | Songs to listen to while waiting on the phone |
| 48% | ITSME | 5 | First line on the phone to someone you know well |
| 48% | BREADLINE | 9 | On the __, facing poverty, living hand to mouth |
| 47% | IMNOTHERE | 9 | Message whispered to someone on the phone with an obnoxious caller |
| 46% | NET | 3 | The Inter___ allows you to do crosswords on your phone |
| 46% | MYOPIA | 6 | Focus on the trees rather than the forest |
| 46% | POPSOCKET | 9 | Expanding phone grip to stick on the back |
| 46% | ABC | 3 | Letters next to the 2 on a phone keypad |
| 45% | STAR | 4 | Symbol to the left of a zero on a phone |
| 45% | SETTING | 7 | __ spray, put on the face to keep makeup in place |
| 45% | CALLERID | 8 | It tells people who's trying to reach them on the phone: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 44% | VEGETABLE | 9 | Food kids might give to the dog rather than eat it |
| 44% | SLAPS | 5 | Nice things to get on the back, but not on the face |
| 43% | OUTER | 5 | Relating to the body or its appearance rather than the mind or spirit |
| 43% | KETO | 4 | Diet that forces the body to break down fat rather than carbs, informally |
| 43% | SLAPSTICK | 9 | A pie to the face, slipping on a banana peel, etc. |
| 42% | BADDAY | 6 | Reason to flop down face-first on the couch when you get home, maybe |
| 42% | TULIPS | 6 | Answer to the joke "What flowers grow on your face?" |
| 41% | HAND | 4 | What points to the hour or minute on a clock face |
| 41% | MISERY | 6 | Word that sounds like a state when accented on the second syllable rather than the first |
| 41% | SEVENTY | 7 | Rather fast on the road |
| 41% | NORTH | 5 | "___ Face," historical film based on the 1936 attempt to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps |
| 40% | GHI | 3 | Four, on the phone |
| 40% | HOLDS | 5 | Waits on the phone |