| 100% | BATHMAT | 7 | Keeps you from slipping when leaving the shower |
| 47% | CLEAT | 5 | It can keep you from slipping |
| 43% | STYE | 4 | This could keep you from closing the lid |
| 37% | PROOFREADERS | 12 | Ones who tell you when your slip is showing? |
| 37% | ONION | 5 | Vegetable that leaves you teary when you peel the layers |
| 36% | ROADBLOCK | 9 | Keeps you from driving past |
| 36% | CHA | 3 | When doubled, a dance where you "Slide to the left, slide to the right" |
| 36% | THIRTEEN | 8 | Number you are left with when you take away two from fifteen |
| 36% | SLAM | 4 | How you might close the door when you leave in a huff |
| 35% | VIBRATE | 7 | Cell phone setting that keeps the device from making noise when someone calls |
| 35% | SPLASH | 6 | "Sound made when you jump into the puddles created by the April showers" |
| 35% | EFFS | 4 | They keep you from passing |
| 35% | ETA | 3 | Important info for the person picking you up when your flight from Tokyo lands |
| 34% | DEE | 3 | When repeated, Dexter's sister from the '90s animated show "Dexter's Laboratory" who fashions 2 pigtails |
| 34% | IBEFOREE | 8 | Rule that keeps you from spelling weirdly? |
| 34% | INSOMNIA | 8 | Disorder that keeps you from falling asleep |
| 34% | KEYS | 4 | They never seem to be where you left them when you're heading out the door |
| 33% | RUNSOUTOFOINK | 13 | What you hope the guy at the next desk does when he keeps grunting at your queries? |
| 33% | UNO | 3 | Card game where you shout the game's name when you're left with just one card |
| 33% | FOREIGNLANGUAGE | 15 | What's left when you remove the first and last letters of the answers to starred clues |
| 33% | RUG | 3 | It'll keep you from getting cold feet |
| 33% | MAP | 3 | Paper that can keep you from getting lost |
| 33% | HEATER | 6 | Keeps you warm in the winter |
| 33% | UPSTAGE | 7 | Steal the show from |
| 33% | UPSTAGES | 8 | Steals the show from |
| 32% | ETA | 3 | "When should I pick you up from the airport?": Abbr. |
| 32% | KEYS | 4 | Target of a frantic search when leaving the house |
| 32% | OUTACTS | 7 | Steals the show from, say |
| 32% | DETAIN | 6 | Keep from leaving |
| 32% | ICE | 3 | Water, when left in the freezer |