| 100% | TAPWATER | 8 | Naturalists say to drink this not the bottled kind |
| 42% | NEWS | 4 | The bad kind of this is said to travel faster than wildfire |
| 39% | COKES | 5 | These bottled drinks were held at the same retail price from 1886 to 1959 - over 70 years |
| 37% | EVASIVE | 7 | Not to the point, say |
| 36% | IRATE | 5 | Not happy, to say the least |
| 36% | THEJUNGLE | 9 | Lions are said to be the kings of this |
| 35% | SHY | 3 | Not likely to step into the spotlight, say |
| 35% | FLOATING | 8 | These ribs are not connected to the breastbone |
| 35% | WIT | 3 | A pun is said to be the lowest form of this |
| 35% | HOPE | 4 | Christmas is said to be the time for this optimistic feeling |
| 34% | TEARSOFF | 8 | Gets rid of one of those little tags that says "Under penalty of law this tag not not to be removed except by the consumer" |
| 34% | SHRUBBERY | 9 | To pass the Knights Who Say Ni, bring them this |
| 34% | HANDCARTS | 9 | The saying says we're going to hell in these |
| 34% | GOFETCH | 7 | A ball thrower says this to the dog |
| 34% | ROOSTER | 7 | The next year belonging to this animal is not until 2029 |
| 33% | VEGAN | 5 | One not likely to bring home the bacon, say |
| 33% | HADITH | 6 | Saying attributed to the prophet Muhammad that is not found in the Koran |
| 32% | HUMOR | 5 | "I fail to see the ___ in this" ("This is not funny") |
| 32% | ONEWORD | 7 | What the answer to this clue is not (it's two!) |
| 32% | SHY | 3 | Like one opting not to dance at the fall formal, say |
| 32% | RALPH | 5 | Kid on "The Simpsons" who said, "This is my sandbox. I'm not allowed to go in the deep end" |
| 32% | EAT | 3 | "___ This, Not That!" (media franchise that claims to be the "no-diet weight loss solution") |
| 32% | HAMLET | 6 | Who says "To be, or not to be: that is the question" |
| 32% | IDES | 4 | When Antony says "Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!" |
| 32% | MOOCHERS | 8 | Ones saying "I'm not hungry," until food gets to the table |
| 32% | IDLE | 4 | Kind of hands said to be the devil's playthings |
| 32% | ITSADEAL | 8 | What not to say to the bargain offer |
| 32% | ABSOLUTE | 8 | The kind of power said to "corrupt absolutely" |
| 31% | STBERNARD | 9 | French abbot thought to have originated the saying depicted symbolically in this puzzle |
| 31% | ETC | 3 | "There's more to this list, but I'm not gonna say them all" |