| 100% | AIMLESS | 7 | Having no goal or direction |
| 54% | SCORELESS | 9 | Without groove, having no goals |
| 54% | LOST | 4 | Having no direction? |
| 52% | SCALAR | 6 | Having no direction, in math |
| 52% | ONED | 4 | Having no width or depth |
| 52% | DOWNTOEARTH | 11 | Having no illusions or pretensions |
| 52% | POWERLESS | 9 | Having no strength or influence |
| 52% | CAREFREE | 8 | Having no worries or responsibilities |
| 52% | UNAFRAID | 8 | Having no fear or anxiety |
| 52% | ENDINATIE | 9 | Have no winner or loser |
| 51% | HEARTLESS | 9 | Having no feelings, pity or mercy |
| 48% | DARK | 4 | Having little or no light |
| 48% | POOR | 4 | Having little or no money |
| 47% | AGLOSSIA | 8 | Condition of having no or a partial tongue |
| 47% | KEYOFC | 6 | It has no sharps or flats |
| 47% | KEYOFC | 6 | It has no flats or sharps |
| 47% | TIEGAME | 7 | It has no winners or losers |
| 46% | BREAKEVEN | 9 | Have no profit or loss, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 45% | INBOXZERO | 9 | Goal of having no unread emails |
| 45% | OPEC | 4 | Intl. group that has no members in Europe or North America |
| 45% | ARID | 4 | Having little or no rain, like a desert climate |
| 45% | POVERTY | 7 | State of having little or no money |
| 42% | NONSTARTER | 10 | Plan that has no chance of working ___ or the answer to each starred clue? |
| 42% | NONSTARTER | 10 | Plan that has no chance of working ... or the answer to each starred clue? |
| 42% | ONE | 3 | Number of pitchers who have five or more no-hitters |
| 42% | HYDROGEN | 8 | This 1st element has no smell or taste |
| 40% | BANK | 4 | I have branches but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. Who am I? |
| 39% | NIL | 3 | No goals |
| 39% | WORKSWITHOUTANET | 16 | Has no plan B … or, when parsed differently, what each of the starred clues does vis-à-vis its answer? |
| 39% | ONLY | 4 | Kind of child who has no brothers or sisters |