| 100% | CALLERID | 8 | It tells people who's trying to reach them on the phone: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 40% | BUZZALDRIN | 10 | Astronaut who partnered 31a on the moon mission and became the second person to walk on it: 2 wds. |
| 38% | CALLING | 7 | Trying to reach on the phone |
| 38% | MICHAELDAWSON | 13 | The father who is trying to recover his son on "Lost," played by Harold Perrineau: 2 wds |
| 37% | WENTSOLO | 8 | Tried to make it on one's own without the band (2 wds.) |
| 35% | PRMEN | 5 | Guys who try to help famous people's reputations: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ROBERTSCOTT | 11 | British explorer who tried to beat 31-Across to the South Pole, and who didn't make it back: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JAMESBALDWIN | 12 | "Go Tell It on the Mountain" author who was an inaugural honoree on the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor: 2 wds. |
| 34% | CALLME | 6 | "Let's talk on the phone": 2 wds. |
| 33% | BILLGATES | 9 | Microsoft cofounder who's #1 on the Forbes 400 list of the world's wealthiest people: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BADAPPLE | 8 | Person who is rotten to the core? (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ICALL | 5 | "Can ___ you later?" (Let's talk on the phone): 2 wds. |
| 32% | ICALL | 5 | "Can ___ you later?" ("Let's talk on the phone"): 2 wds. |
| 31% | CALLERID | 8 | Phone service that lets you know who's on the other end: 2 wds. |
| 31% | NEILARMSTRONG | 13 | First person to walk on the moon (1969): 2 wds. |
| 31% | DIETER | 6 | Person who's trying to lose |
| 31% | YOGAMATS | 8 | People often sit on them in the lotus position: 2 wds. |
| 31% | DAVIDKOCH | 9 | Businessman who's tied for No. 4 on the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people: 2 wds. |
| 31% | SHADOW | 6 | It's used to tell the time on a sundial |
| 31% | CPA | 3 | Person who's an expert on the tax code: Abbr. |
| 31% | SHOWSOFF | 8 | Tries to impress other people: 2 wds. |
| 31% | LIARS | 5 | People who often try to hide the truth and instead misinform others |
| 31% | GEORGEMARTIN | 12 | Late musician and producer whose birthday it is on the 3rd, who was referred to as the "Fifth Beatle": 2 wds. |
| 30% | PROPHET | 7 | Person who tells of the messiah to come |
| 30% | NIGHTOWL | 8 | Person who likes to stay up late: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SURVIVOR | 8 | Person who lives to tell the tale after accident |
| 30% | MATTHEWPERRY | 12 | Actor whose birthday it is today, who shot to fame as Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom, "Friends": 2 wds. |
| 30% | NEILARMSTRONG | 13 | Astronaut whose birthday it is today, who became the first man to set foot on the Moon: 2 wds. |
| 30% | LATECOMER | 9 | Person who did not get to the party on time |
| 30% | TAP | 3 | It bugs people on the phone |