| 100% | OWE | 3 | Not be square, say |
| 94% | OWE | 3 | Not be squared up, say |
| 73% | OWE | 3 | Not be square with |
| 70% | LIEFLAT | 7 | Not be rumpled, say |
| 70% | UNTAPPED | 8 | Not being utilized, say |
| 66% | SANER | 5 | Not being such a daredevil, say |
| 65% | LISP | 4 | Not be able to say "say," say |
| 58% | DENYING | 7 | Saying and asserting that something is not true |
| 57% | SUE | 3 | Not let bygones be bygones, say |
| 57% | REBUTTAL | 8 | A statement saying something is not true |
| 57% | REASON | 6 | "Because I said so" is not one |
| 56% | MIMEDIRECTIVE | 13 | "You will not talk during your show," say? |
| 56% | APOEM | 5 | MacLiesh said it "should not mean / But be" |
| 56% | THEROD | 6 | Something not to be spared, in a saying |
| 56% | CLAUSE | 6 | Grammar says it can be restrictive or not |
| 56% | LIE | 3 | Say A is not A, say |
| 56% | MONEY | 5 | What is said not to grow on trees |
| 55% | ACTIII | 6 | When Hamlet says "To be or not to be" |
| 55% | IAGO | 4 | Villain who says "I am not what I am" |
| 55% | MAO | 3 | Who said "A revolution is not a dinner party" |
| 55% | PLATO | 5 | Who said "Courage is knowing what not to fear" |
| 55% | BLUFFS | 6 | Hopes not to be called, say |
| 54% | SENSE | 5 | The "common" sort is said to be not so common |
| 54% | AMEAN | 5 | "That was ___ thing to say!" (vile, not nice): 2 wds. |
| 54% | IAGO | 4 | Shakespearean character who says "I am not what I am" |
| 54% | IAGO | 4 | Villain who says "For I am nothing, if not critical" |
| 54% | ADLAIESTEVENSON | 15 | Who said "A hungry man is not a free man" |
| 54% | PROVERB | 7 | Truthful saying, e.g. all that glitters is not gold |
| 54% | MAO | 3 | He who said "A revolution is not a dinner party" |
| 54% | ACTIV | 5 | When Portia says, "The quality of mercy is not strained" |