| 100% | KILLTIME | 8 | Leaf through magazines in a waiting room, say |
| 60% | KILLEDTIME | 10 | Solved crosswords in a waiting room, say |
| 57% | FERN | 4 | Leaves in a waiting room? |
| 55% | READ | 4 | Leaf through a magazine, say |
| 54% | PASSTIME | 8 | Solve a crossword in a waiting room, say |
| 54% | KILLTIME | 8 | Read magazines in the waiting room, say (2 wds.) |
| 48% | NEXT | 4 | Call in a waiting room |
| 48% | PATIENTS | 8 | Ones in a waiting room |
| 48% | EON | 3 | Time in a waiting room, seemingly |
| 47% | PACE | 4 | Walk nervously, as in a waiting room |
| 46% | PROUDPAPA | 9 | One handing out cigars in a waiting room, perhaps |
| 46% | SAFE | 4 | In a panic room, say |
| 44% | READS | 5 | Leafs through a novel, say |
| 44% | SKIM | 4 | Leaf through, as a magazine |
| 42% | MAG | 3 | Distraction in a dr.'s waiting room |
| 42% | PACER | 5 | Nervous person in a hospital waiting room, perhaps |
| 41% | FORM | 4 | Paper filled out in a doctor's waiting room |
| 40% | RIFLER | 6 | One going through papers in a safe, say |
| 40% | READ | 4 | Go through a magazine article, say |
| 40% | SEAT | 4 | "Have a ___" (request in a waiting room) |
| 39% | MESS | 4 | Room in need of a cleaning, say |
| 38% | PATIENTLY | 9 | How to wait in a clinic, say |
| 36% | BINGEWATCH | 10 | Go through a series in a day, say |
| 36% | SPY | 3 | Look through a crack in the door, say |
| 36% | SOFA | 4 | Staple of a waiting room |
| 35% | STN | 3 | Place with a waiting room: Abbr. |
| 35% | BACKISSUE | 9 | Magazine in a bound library collection: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ETD | 3 | Announcement in a waiting area: Abbr. |
| 35% | FULL | 4 | --> in a saying |
| 34% | MAGS | 4 | Waiting room fare, in brief |