| 100% | HELPINGVERB | 11 | Grammatically, "have" in "I have spoken," e.g. |
| 52% | ESSEN | 5 | Have breakfast, e.g., in Germany |
| 52% | TPKE | 4 | I-90 in Mass., e.g. |
| 51% | SCHOOLPRINCIPAL | 15 | Joe Clark in "Lean on Me," e.g. |
| 51% | DOG | 3 | Marley in "Marley & Me," e.g. |
| 51% | SNARK | 5 | "'That's a great idea' is what I would have said if I had never heard an idea before in my life," e.g. |
| 50% | ONHANDREMARK | 12 | "We have that in stock," e.g.? |
| 50% | DOG | 3 | Marley in "Marley and Me," e.g. |
| 49% | COMPOUNDSUBJECT | 15 | "You and I" in a sentence, e.g. |
| 49% | PLEA | 4 | "Put me in, coach!," e.g. |
| 49% | FREEPR | 6 | Having one's business mentioned in a news article, e.g. |
| 48% | RAVE | 4 | "I wish I had more thumbs to put up!," e.g. |
| 47% | TUTOR | 5 | Anna Leonowens, e.g., in "The King and I" |
| 46% | JAI | 3 | I have, in Le Havre |
| 46% | YELLOWLAB | 9 | Marley in "Marley & Me," e.g. … or a description of 48-Across? |
| 45% | ALIBI | 5 | "I couldn't have done it! I was out bowling!" e.g. |
| 45% | PUN | 3 | "I threw away my golf shoes when I got a hole in one," e.g. |
| 45% | WASNT | 5 | "__ what I had in mind" |
| 44% | GROANER | 7 | "I had a joke about oil, but I'm still refining it," e.g. |
| 43% | WHITE | 5 | You and I have success in shade |
| 43% | BTW | 3 | "While I have you ...," in a text |
| 43% | SYMMETRY | 8 | Something U and I have in common |
| 43% | PLEA | 4 | "Have mercy on me!," e.g. |
| 42% | STS | 3 | E and G, e.g., in D.C. |
| 42% | ONELINER | 8 | "Apparently I snore so loudly that it scares everybody in the car I'm driving," e.g. |
| 42% | GREENBACK | 9 | Dollar bill, e.g. ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 42% | ALIBI | 5 | "I couldn't have robbed that bank, because I was at a crossword tournament," e.g. |
| 42% | HYE | 3 | Have you ever, in text speak |
| 42% | ASSET | 5 | Weapon, e.g., in military-speak |
| 42% | NET | 3 | ABC, e.g., in Variety-speak |