| 100% | AMI | 3 | Irksome response to "You're avoiding the question" |
| 60% | IAM | 3 | "Impossible" response to the question "Are you sleeping?" |
| 59% | YES | 3 | Desired response to the question "Will you marry me?" |
| 54% | ASSISTANTDA | 11 | Response to "So you're the premier's right-hand man"? |
| 50% | SOON | 4 | Response to the question in 38-Across |
| 50% | SADLYNO | 7 | Response to "Did you win the lottery?" |
| 50% | EVASIONS | 8 | Responses that avoid the question |
| 50% | LIKE | 4 | "___ I ran over its dog," quote said by Norm on "Cheers" as a response to the question "How's life treating you, Norm?" |
| 50% | OKSHOOT | 7 | Response to "I have a question for you" |
| 50% | YESYOU | 6 | Response to the question "Who, me?": 2 wds. |
| 49% | ALIBI | 5 | Response to "Where were you on the night of ...?" |
| 48% | ICHEATED | 8 | Response to "How'd you get the answer so fast?" |
| 47% | NOTYET | 6 | Negative response to "Have you finished the work?": 2 wds. |
| 47% | SAYITISNTSODA | 13 | Skeptical response to "Here's the drink I owe you"? |
| 46% | YESDEAR | 7 | Possible response to "Can you pick up the kids from school?" |
| 44% | AMI | 3 | Witty reply to "You're the kind of person who asks too many questions" |
| 44% | EVASIVE | 7 | Avoiding the question |
| 44% | IMOK | 4 | Response to "how're you?" perhaps: 2 wds. |
| 44% | TELLMEABOUTIT | 13 | You're preaching to the choir! |
| 43% | SAFE | 4 | To be on the ___ side, phrase you may use to avoid unnecessary risks |
| 43% | WHATSYOURETA | 12 | Response to “On my way” . . . or a question about the different pronunciations of 20-, 33-, and 40-Across? |
| 43% | YESIAM | 6 | Possible response to "No, you're not" |
| 43% | SUNTAN | 6 | The kind of lotion you put on to avoid sunburn and get a 25a |
| 43% | SNAKE | 5 | Classic arcade game where you have to avoid colliding with the wall |
| 42% | YES | 3 | Impossible answer to the question "Are you lying?" |
| 42% | UCONNERYALE | 11 | Stammering, initially incorrect response to the trivia question "Which Constitution State college is in the Ivy League?"? |
| 42% | NEVERFELTBETTER | 15 | Cheerful response to "How're you doing?" |
| 42% | DOGMA | 5 | Principles you're not supposed to question |
| 41% | LOL | 3 | Something you might add to the end of a text to avoid seeming mad |
| 41% | ANSWERS | 7 | Responses to questions |