| 100% | SALAD | 5 | Leaves before the entree, maybe |
| 69% | SALAD | 5 | Leaves before the entrée |
| 54% | TEA | 3 | Leaves before paying the check? |
| 54% | DECAFTEA | 8 | Leaves before bedtime, maybe? |
| 53% | DITCH | 5 | Leave in the lurch, maybe |
| 52% | WENTSOLO | 8 | Left the group, maybe |
| 50% | WHEREAREMYKEYS | 14 | . . . before leaving the house |
| 49% | EGG | 3 | It came before the chicken (or maybe after?) |
| 49% | EGG | 3 | It came before the chicken ... or maybe after? |
| 48% | CHAR | 4 | Leave on the grill too long, maybe |
| 48% | AWOL | 4 | Having left the company, maybe |
| 48% | LOCKSUP | 7 | Secures the door before leaving |
| 47% | BLUR | 4 | The night before on the day after, maybe |
| 47% | SOGGY | 5 | Left in the cereal bowl too long, maybe |
| 46% | FORGETS | 7 | Leaves back at the house, maybe |
| 46% | ROAD | 4 | One for the ___ (final drink before leaving) |
| 46% | SHED | 4 | Leave fur on the couch, maybe |
| 46% | SHED | 4 | Leave fur on the sofa, maybe |
| 44% | EATSANDRUNS | 11 | Leaves Thanksgiving dinner before pumpkin pie, maybe |
| 44% | DOLLARS | 7 | Number to the left of a decimal point, maybe |
| 44% | LAND | 4 | Something that appeared even before animals left the oceans |
| 44% | APPS | 4 | Dishes eaten before the entrée, for short |
| 44% | CHAR | 4 | Leave too long on the grill, maybe |
| 43% | IMLATE | 6 | Words said before one runs to the bus stop, maybe |
| 41% | WALKOUTON | 9 | Leave abruptly, angrily and before the end |
| 41% | READYTOGO | 9 | "Got everything before we leave?" … with a checklist seen in the circled letters |
| 40% | IMON | 4 | Words uttered before one takes the stage, maybe |
| 40% | HRS | 3 | Nos. to the left of a colon, maybe |
| 40% | AGO | 3 | Before the present |
| 40% | EARLY | 5 | Before the bell |