| 100% | PIN | 3 | Hoping to have secret number |
| 75% | PIN | 3 | Hoping to acquire secret number |
| 55% | PIN | 3 | Hoping to have bank account code |
| 54% | FUNINTHESUN | 11 | What beachgoers hope to have |
| 53% | BILLYCRYSTAL | 12 | Actor who has hosted the Oscars nine times, a number second only to Bob Hope |
| 51% | PASSCODE | 8 | Secret number combination to gain access |
| 50% | BALLOTED | 8 | To have gathered secret votes from members |
| 49% | HIGHSCHOOLCRUSH | 15 | One you might hope to have chemistry with, in two senses |
| 47% | PEW | 3 | Hope we have somewhere to sit |
| 47% | PEW | 3 | Hope woman has somewhere to sit |
| 47% | PEW | 3 | Hope wife has somewhere to sit |
| 46% | CANIHAVEYOURS | 13 | "Excuse me, I seem to have lost my phone number — ...?" |
| 44% | ICANTTELLYOUWHY | 15 | "My motives have to remain a secret" |
| 44% | DARTS | 5 | It has numbers from 1 to 20 |
| 44% | ASPIRE | 6 | Have hopes ("I ___ to be a doctor," for e.g.) |
| 43% | CAHOOTS | 7 | To be in __, to have secret nefarious arrangements |
| 42% | ASPIRE | 6 | Have hopes (to) |
| 42% | AFEW | 4 | "I have been to Seattle ___ times." (small number): 2 wds. |
| 41% | HAYES | 5 | First president to have a phone in the White House—its number was "1" (1877) |
| 41% | EIGHT | 5 | Number of countries you'll have to find before finding the contest answer |
| 41% | TEN | 3 | The first number to have two digits |
| 40% | MOTORSPEEDWAY | 13 | Indianapolis ___, the race track to have claimed the most number of lives in Formula One : 2 wds. |
| 40% | FIVE | 4 | I have to follow loud number |
| 39% | STARTSWITHABANG | 15 | Has an exciting opening number, say ... or what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| 39% | GEHRIG | 6 | First major league player to have his number retired |
| 39% | CENTIPEDE | 9 | Arthropod named as it was thought to have a 100 legs but in fact has a varying number |
| 38% | FLAWED | 6 | To have imperfections |
| 38% | FORKICKS | 8 | To have fun |
| 38% | DIET | 4 | Hope to lose? |
| 38% | WISHFOR | 7 | Hope to get |