| 100% | TRITE | 5 | Like the invitation line "Be there or be square" |
| 42% | SEEDY | 5 | Like an everything bagel, or Times Square in the '70s |
| 41% | ARCED | 5 | Like three-point shots or the three-point line |
| 40% | SHIP | 4 | It's time to plan a trip to distant lands! How are you reaching there? (1/5) Sea transport, like the Grand Princess or Wonder of the Seas |
| 40% | THATSMYQUEUE | 12 | "Oh, I'm supposed to be in the line over there"? |
| 40% | LAKES | 5 | They are smaller than the seas, like the Erie or Tahoe |
| 39% | ATSTAKE | 7 | On the line, like money being wagered |
| 39% | OUTOFORDER | 10 | Like a nonfunctioning vending machine, or what the circled letters are, in two ways |
| 39% | WOODROW | 7 | First name of a former president ... or, read another way, what each of the circled lines is |
| 39% | YOU | 3 | "___ gotta be kidding?"... or word that sounds like the second letter of 25a |
| 38% | ITGOESUPANDDOWN | 15 | How life is like the ocean, or a hint to entering the starred answers |
| 37% | QUEUE | 5 | Waiting line at the DMV... or a word that sounds like the first letter of 25a |
| 37% | UTAH | 4 | The Wasatch Front is there |
| 37% | IRREGULAR | 9 | Like the verb "to be" |
| 37% | THERE | 5 | "Be ___ or be square" |
| 37% | HAMLET | 6 | Shakespeare play that includes the line "To be or not to be ..." |
| 37% | DOESITHAVEANN | 13 | Q: ___ / A: There are two, in the third and seventh squares below |
| 37% | KORAN | 5 | Whence the line "God sufficeth me: there is no God but He" |
| 37% | ELLIE | 5 | ___ Fredricksen, character from "Up" who says the line "Adventure is out there!" |
| 36% | ONED | 4 | Like the number line, in brief |
| 36% | IRREG | 5 | Like the verb "to be": Abbr. |
| 36% | IRR | 3 | Like the verb "to be": Abbr. |
| 36% | IRR | 3 | Like the verb "to be": Abbr |
| 36% | DOORS | 5 | "Are there more ___ or wheels in the world?" |
| 36% | UTILITY | 7 | The state of being useful or beneficial |
| 36% | LYING | 5 | The act of being dishonest or untruthful |
| 36% | IMALOSER | 8 | Beatles song with the line "My tears are falling like rain from the sky" |
| 36% | IMALOSER | 8 | Beatles song with the line “My tears are falling like rain from the sky” |
| 35% | STERILE | 7 | Like the OR |
| 35% | GREENER | 7 | Like the grass where you want to be? |