| 100% | MISSACUE | 8 | Not go on stage when you were supposed to, for example |
| 41% | ETA | 3 | When you're supposed to get there, for short |
| 40% | OTB | 3 | Place to go when you're not going to the races, for short? |
| 37% | FREE | 4 | When you get something without having to pay for it, it is ___ |
| 35% | TAGLINE | 7 | "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water," e.g. |
| 35% | REEDIT | 6 | What you might have to do when you find your earth-shattering column on dandelions is 372 words too long for the space allowed |
| 35% | ALEXA | 5 | Assistant who will rap for you when asked to do so |
| 35% | SEC | 3 | You may be asked to hold on for one |
| 35% | CURFEW | 6 | Time you are supposed to come home |
| 35% | ROOF | 4 | Now you know what to look for, but where is it? (1/5) Did it fall out when Santa landed on the ___ of the house? |
| 34% | PUBLICTOILET | 12 | Place to go when you're on the go |
| 33% | ETA | 3 | Information that will tell you when a flight is due to land, for example: Abbr |
| 33% | FREETIME | 8 | When you are not busy, you have lots of __ |
| 33% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | State where 15-Across was raised on a reservation and went to schools for American Indians |
| 33% | IMMORAL | 7 | What some consider you to be for not adhering to the laws of the Torah or Quran |
| 33% | ARESO | 5 | Potential reply to "I am not a crook," if you assume Nixon said it on a playground |
| 32% | ONTO | 4 | Not going to be played by |
| 32% | ITS | 3 | "__ not going to be easy" |
| 32% | ITS | 3 | "___ not going to be easy!" |
| 32% | ETERNITY | 8 | Period you always appear to be waiting for when you phone tech support |
| 32% | SCRAPHEAP | 9 | When too old for work you are on the __ (the tip) |
| 32% | NOT | 3 | "In a museum, you are ___ supposed to touch anything." |
| 32% | HUH | 3 | "Come again?" (expression when you are not following something) |
| 32% | ACRO | 4 | High-rise window cleaner is not a job to apply for if you have this type of phobia |
| 32% | IMONAROLL | 9 | "Things could not be going better for me!" ... or a hint to the placement of the circled letters |
| 32% | IKNEW | 5 | "___ you were going to say that" |
| 32% | DROLLMODEL | 10 | Person you are supposed to look up to who always has a whimsical demeanor? |
| 32% | ESC | 3 | Computer key for when you no longer want to be in full screen mode |
| 32% | SLEEPYTIME | 10 | When you go to bed, cutesily (Herman Melville) |
| 31% | ARE | 3 | To be for you? |