| 100% | THEO | 4 | Letter you don't pronounce in "jeopardy" and "leopard" |
| 54% | SILENTC | 7 | Letter you don't hear in "scissors" or "muscles": 2 wds. |
| 47% | DOONE | 5 | "Why don't you go ahead and ___" (partake in something): 2 wds |
| 44% | NSF | 3 | Letters you don't want to see on a check |
| 43% | ROCKERS | 7 | You don't sit still in them |
| 42% | CHINASHOP | 9 | Market you don't want bulls in |
| 42% | NEIGHBORHOODWATCH | 17 | "How come you and Jane don't skinny-dip in the backyard anymore, Tarzan?" |
| 41% | ROW | 3 | You don't want to be in the last one |
| 41% | CAMO | 4 | What you don't want to be spotted in |
| 41% | CAMO | 4 | Garb you don't want to be seen in |
| 41% | CAMO | 4 | Pattern you don't want to be seen in |
| 41% | PLS | 3 | "If you don't mind," in a text |
| 40% | COOKIEJAR | 9 | You don't want to be caught with your hand in one |
| 40% | THATGUY | 7 | Fellow you don't want to be, in a phrase |
| 39% | GASUP | 5 | Something you don't need to do in a Chevy Volt |
| 39% | LOSS | 4 | What you don't want to suffer, after investing in stocks |
| 39% | WEED | 4 | Something you don't want in the bed |
| 38% | DROPMEALINE | 11 | "Don't forget to write," and what you must do in 13-, 24- and 43-Across |
| 38% | EMAIL | 5 | Letters you can phone in |
| 37% | ALIENEGG | 8 | You usually don't want this to hatch in space |
| 36% | HIDDENCHARGES | 13 | Extra expenses in the fine print, and a hint to what you'll find in the circled letters |
| 36% | SHH | 3 | "Silence!"...or something some of the letters in 13a, 14a, 33a, 20d, and 23d need you to follow |
| 36% | INTERFERE | 9 | Butt in where you don't belong |
| 36% | THEREFLEX | 9 | Why don't you use it? hit for Duran Duran in 1983 |
| 36% | SHAKIRA | 7 | "Hips Don't Lie" singer who records in both English and Spanish |
| 36% | URBANSPRAWL | 11 | Unrestricted city expansion ... and what begins in the circled letters (and ends in uncircled ones for you to find) |
| 35% | SHEERAN | 7 | Shape of You and Don't singer Ed |
| 35% | ORELSE | 6 | "...and you don't want to cross me!" |
| 35% | VOWELOFSILENCE | 14 | What people and leopards have in common? |
| 35% | NSFW | 4 | "Don't watch in public" letters |