| 100% | DAD | 3 | Neil Gaiman's "The Day I Swapped My ___ for Two Goldfish" |
| 38% | ONE | 3 | "He's the ___ for me." ("He's my soulmate") |
| 34% | ASLONGASILIVE | 13 | "... for the remainder of my days" |
| 34% | HRS | 3 | The two dozen in a day, for short |
| 32% | TGIF | 4 | "Yay! No work for the next two days!": Abbr. |
| 32% | CERSEI | 6 | I am Jaime's twin sister and two of my children have sat on the Iron Throne in "Game of Thrones" |
| 31% | GOLDRINGS | 9 | On the fifth day, my true love gave me 5 of these |
| 31% | COAL | 4 | Kind of mine for The Police's canary |
| 30% | ITS | 3 | "___ days like these that I curse the Chinese for inventing gunpowder" ("The Rehearsal" line) |
| 30% | TWO | 3 | "All I Want for Christmas Is My ___ Front Teeth" (Various, including The Chipmunks) |
| 30% | THU | 3 | Day for Thanksgiving in the U.S. |
| 30% | SUMMER | 6 | I'm the time of year for spending days by the pool or at the beach |
| 30% | SENTTO | 6 | “On the first day of Christmas, my true love ___ me ... ” |
| 29% | SSN | 3 | ID for the I.R.S. |
| 29% | SANDMAN | 7 | The __, Neil Gaiman's comic book about Morpheus |
| 29% | ABEL | 4 | The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| 29% | ABEL | 4 | The brother of "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| 29% | CLEOPATRA | 9 | I was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt and am known for my beauty |
| 29% | IMSODONE | 8 | "That's the last straw for me" (3 wds.) |
| 29% | SSNS | 4 | ID's for the I.R.S. |
| 29% | APR | 3 | Busy mo. for the I.R.S. |
| 29% | FALSERETURN | 11 | Red flag for the I.R.S. |
| 29% | GOV | 3 | URL ending for the I.R.S. |
| 29% | EQUINOX | 7 | The two days when the sun crosses Earth's equator |
| 28% | ORBIT | 5 | It's about 27 days for the moon |
| 28% | RUE | 3 | "I ___ the day I met you" (regret) |
| 28% | RUE | 3 | "I ___ the day I met you..." (regret) |
| 28% | RUE | 3 | "I ___ the day I came here!" (regret) |
| 28% | ABEL | 4 | The brother in the question "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| 28% | ALIBI | 5 | "I was visiting my cousin at the time," for example |