| 100% | ITOO | 4 | Hughes poem with the line "They send me to eat in the kitchen" |
| 98% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They send me to eat in the kitchen / When company comes" |
| 91% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines “They send me to eat in the kitchen / When company comes” |
| 70% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "Nobody'll dare / Say to me, / 'Eat in the kitchen,' / Then" |
| 63% | ITOO | 4 | Poem with the lines "Nobody'll dare / Say to me, / 'Eat in the kitchen'" |
| 50% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed" |
| 50% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / and be ashamed-" |
| 48% | ITOOSINGAMERICA | 15 | Opening of the Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed" |
| 48% | ITOO | 4 | "Nobody'll dare / say to me, / 'Eat in the kitchen'" poem |
| 45% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic poem with the lines "Did you want to see me broken? / Bowed head and lowered eyes?" |
| 43% | MEXICANGOTHIC | 13 | Silvia Moreno-Garcia novel with the lines “The walls speak to me. They tell me secrets” |
| 41% | OREO | 4 | Cookie in which my kid replaced the frosting with cheese and tried to get me to eat it |
| 39% | THEBELLS | 8 | Poe poem with the line "How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle" |
| 39% | ISIS | 4 | Dylan song with the line "What drives me to you is what drives me insane" |
| 38% | TAXIDRIVER | 10 | De Niro movie with the line "You talkin' to me?" |
| 37% | IRISEIRISEIRISE | 15 | Last three lines of the Angelou poem that starts: "You may write me down in history / With your bitter, twisted lies" |
| 37% | LAYLA | 5 | Song with the line "Like a fool, I fell in love with you" |
| 37% | THATSMYQUEUE | 12 | "Oh, I'm supposed to be in the line over there"? |
| 36% | NERVES | 6 | In the body, they send impulses to the brain |
| 36% | HELLO | 5 | 48-Down song with the line "But when I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 36% | STILL | 5 | "___ I Rise," poem by Maya Angelou with the line "...I rise, I rise, I rise." |
| 36% | HALO | 4 | Beyoncé hit with the line "Think I'm addicted to your light" |
| 36% | UREMINDME | 9 | No. 1 Usher song with the line “Wish I knew how to separate the two” |
| 36% | LAUGHLAUGH | 10 | 1965 Beau Brummels hit with the line "It seemed so funny to me" |
| 36% | FISHHEADS | 9 | 1978 novelty song with the line "Eat them up! Yum!" ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 35% | DINAH | 5 | "Someone's in the kitchen with ___" (line from "I've Been Working on the Railroad") |
| 35% | NICKI | 5 | Rapper with the line “If you want a Minaj, I got a tricycle,” to fans |
| 35% | ELTRAINS | 8 | The 3rd Avenue line was the last of them to operate in Manhattan |
| 35% | RECEIVERS | 9 | They are sent in to deal with failing institutions |
| 35% | GETIT | 5 | "Can I ___" (Adele song with the line "All I want is for you to be mine") |