| 100% | VOICEMAIL | 9 | Leave one if they don't answer the phone |
| 38% | TABLE | 5 | “If they don’t give you a seat at the ___, bring a folding chair” (Shirley Chisholm) |
| 38% | SHIRLEY | 7 | "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair": ___ Chisholm |
| 37% | HELLOS | 6 | They're spoken when answering the phone |
| 37% | SOTS | 4 | They don't often pass the bar |
| 37% | MATERIALISTS | 12 | They don't believe in the spirit |
| 37% | TOREROS | 7 | They don't shoot the bull |
| 37% | SIDEDOORS | 9 | They don't face the street |
| 37% | OUTLIERS | 8 | They don't fit the pattern |
| 37% | EXCEPTIONS | 10 | They don't follow the rule |
| 37% | SHIRLEYCHISHOLM | 15 | She said, “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair” |
| 37% | DHS | 3 | They don't play the field: Abbr. |
| 37% | XXX | 3 | They don't play the field, briefly |
| 36% | EPEES | 5 | They don't have an edge at the Olympics |
| 36% | ANKLESOCKS | 10 | They don't go much higher than the tongue |
| 36% | BASELINERS | 10 | They don't play the net in tennis |
| 36% | STAYIN | 6 | Don't leave the house |
| 36% | BIRD | 4 | One word in the 10 longest answers, if one letter is changed |
| 36% | SAIDHELLO | 9 | Answered the phone |
| 35% | MESSES | 6 | Don't ever leave them behind |
| 35% | ASKIN | 5 | Don't leave at the doorstep |
| 35% | STAYHOME | 8 | Don't leave the house: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GIFTHORSE | 9 | Don't look one in the mouth |
| 34% | CHISHOLM | 8 | 1972 Presidential-primary candidate who said, “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair” |
| 34% | CHISHOLM | 8 | With 7 Across, she who said, "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." |
| 34% | DOUBLEPARK | 10 | Leave one's vehicle in a traffic lane, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | TAP | 3 | Don't leave it running in the bathroom |
| 34% | EGGS | 4 | Don't put them all in one basket! |
| 34% | EGGS | 4 | Don't put them all in one basket |
| 34% | ABSTAIN | 7 | Don't vote one way or the other |