| 100% | WHATAMI | 7 | Old riddle question |
| 71% | PHONE | 5 | Per an old riddle - "You answer me, although I never ask you questions" |
| 62% | WHATAMI | 7 | Riddle question |
| 62% | WHOAMI | 6 | Riddle question |
| 60% | MISSORMRS | 9 | Old questionnaire question |
| 55% | WHATAMI | 7 | End of an old riddle |
| 54% | WHATSBLACKWHITE | 15 | With 27-Across, an old riddle |
| 53% | WHATAMI | 7 | Question ending a riddle |
| 52% | WHATAMI | 7 | Question ending many a riddle |
| 51% | AJAR | 4 | "When it's ___" (answer to an old riddle) |
| 50% | ALASKA | 6 | Old riddle: "What did Delaware?" Answer: "I don't know, but ___" |
| 49% | WHOAMI | 6 | Question at the end of a riddle |
| 46% | WHOAMI | 6 | Question at the end of some riddles (3 wds.) |
| 45% | TOWEL | 5 | Per an old riddle - "The more I dry, the wetter I get" |
| 45% | INTHECASEWHERE | 14 | Start of a question about an old proverb |
| 44% | ATREE | 5 | What's clothed in summer and naked in winter, per an old riddle |
| 44% | TELEPHONE | 9 | Riddle-de-dee: What asks no questions but must be answered? |
| 44% | WHOISTHAT | 9 | Question asked when going through an old family photo album, perhaps |
| 43% | AHAT | 4 | Answer to the old riddle "What lies flat when empty, sits up when full?" |
| 43% | ATREE | 5 | Answer to the old riddle "What wears more clothing in summer than in winter?" |
| 41% | AJAR | 4 | "When it's ___" (answer to the old riddle "When is a door not a door?") |
| 41% | PHONE | 5 | What's answered but never asks a question, in a riddle |
| 40% | OHIO | 4 | Answer to the old riddle "What's round on the sides and high in the middle?" |
| 40% | OHIO | 4 | Answer to the old riddle "What's round on the ends and high in the middle?" |
| 40% | OHIO | 4 | Answer to the old riddle, "What's high in the middle and round at both ends?" |
| 40% | REE | 3 | Riddle-me-___ (old kids' rhyme) |
| 39% | NEWSPAPER | 9 | Answer to an old riddle alluded to by the starts of 17-, 32-, 42- and 64-Across |
| 38% | AJAR | 4 | "When it's ___" (old riddle answer) |
| 37% | AJAR | 4 | "When it's ___" (old riddle's end) |
| 37% | SEE | 3 | Rhetorical question an old-time gangster might append to the end of many sentences |