| 100% | ADAGE | 5 | Old saying like "beggars can't be choosers" |
| 66% | ADAGE | 5 | Old saying, for e.g., "Beggars can't be choosers" |
| 56% | BEGGARS | 7 | They can't be choosers, according to the saying |
| 56% | CHOOSERS | 8 | What beggars can't be, according to the saying |
| 53% | ADAGES | 6 | "Beggars can't be choosers" et al. |
| 53% | ADAGE | 5 | "Beggars can't be choosers," e.g. |
| 53% | ADAGE | 5 | ''Beggars can't be choosers,'' e.g. |
| 50% | CHOOSERS | 8 | According to the saying, what beggars can't be |
| 47% | BEGGARS | 7 | They can't be choosers |
| 46% | BEGGAR | 6 | Can't be a chooser! |
| 43% | ANON | 4 | Like an old saying whose originator is lost to history: Abbr. |
| 41% | FUEL | 4 | Materials like wood, gas, and diesel that can be burned to produce 28a, say |
| 40% | BADSCIENCE | 10 | Research findings that can't be reproduced, say |
| 39% | RATTY | 5 | Like many old wharves or like that T-shirt from college that you can never seem to part with |
| 39% | SNOOTIER | 8 | How someone like Gwyneth Paltrow or Kanye West can be considered, certainly compared to lil' old me! |
| 39% | UNTENABLE | 9 | Like something that can't be defended |
| 39% | UNASKED | 7 | Like questions that can't be answered |
| 39% | LEGALLY | 7 | In a way that can't be prosecuted, say |
| 39% | ADAGE | 5 | Saying like "Honesty is the best policy" |
| 38% | COSMONAUT | 9 | Someone like Yelena Serova, say, whose old job title was derived from the Greek words for "universe" and "sailor" |
| 38% | INMONO | 6 | Like old AM radio |
| 37% | COCKANDBULL | 11 | Like a story that can't be believed |
| 37% | FLAKE | 5 | Person who can't be counted on to do what they say they will |
| 36% | PREMADE | 7 | Like lunch that can be grabbed |
| 36% | EDITABLE | 8 | Like content that can be revised |
| 36% | SIMPLER | 7 | Like the old days, they say |
| 36% | IRONIC | 6 | Like the NSA being hacked, say |
| 36% | PROVERBIAL | 10 | Like some old sayings |
| 36% | COY | 3 | Like one saying "Who, little old me?" |
| 36% | SATIABLE | 8 | Like an appetite that can be fulfilled |