| 100% | WISTFUL | 7 | Hung up on what could have been |
| 50% | PRICECAP | 8 | Limit on what can be charged |
| 49% | LINT | 4 | What could be up your sleeve |
| 48% | CHEN | 4 | Violinist Ray who collaborated with Sting on “What Could Have Been” |
| 46% | LINE | 4 | What clothes can hang on to |
| 44% | ONLY | 4 | If __... (reflection on what could've been) |
| 44% | RIM | 3 | Hanging on to it can be a technical foul |
| 44% | READTHEROOM | 11 | Pick up on what people are thinking... or a hint to this puzzle's starred entries |
| 43% | TRUSTME | 7 | What you say to show you can be relied on |
| 43% | PEGS | 4 | Coats and hats can be hung on them |
| 43% | RIM | 3 | Hanging on it can be a technical foul |
| 42% | APERY | 5 | What Alec Baldwin can be said to be guilty of on SNL |
| 42% | TOUR | 4 | What Bob Dylan has been on since 1988 |
| 41% | NITPICKY | 8 | Hung up on details |
| 41% | ACED | 4 | What a par 5 has never been, on the P.G.A. Tour |
| 41% | ARMREST | 7 | Part of a chair on which upper limb can be placed |
| 41% | PLANK | 5 | *Core workout for upper body strength that can be done on 42a |
| 40% | CLEAN | 5 | Christmas is here! What can you do to be on Santa's nice list? (1/3) ___ up after yourself and don't leave a mess |
| 40% | DRIPDRIED | 9 | Hung up on a line outside, say |
| 40% | SILLYME | 7 | "What could I have been thinking?" |
| 39% | REDRY | 5 | Hang up on the line again, perhaps |
| 39% | QUIZSHOW | 8 | This could have been fixed |
| 39% | OVER | 4 | No longer hung up on |
| 39% | SEEPAST | 7 | Not get hung up on |
| 39% | SPLITLEVEL | 10 | Home with a between-floors entrance ... and what can be found on puzzle rows 3, 6, 8 and 10? |
| 39% | PLANT | 5 | What could have a stem, leaves and flowers |
| 39% | EMAIL | 5 | "This meeting could have been an ___" |
| 39% | MISTAKESWEREMADE | 16 | “Things could have been handled better” |
| 39% | SEESPAST | 8 | Doesn't get hung up on |
| 39% | PUSHUPS | 7 | *Chest and arm workouts for upper body strength that can be done on 42a: Hyph. |