| 100% | SPOILERS | 8 | Parts of reviews you might not want to read |
| 64% | GORYDET | 7 | Part of a story you might not want to know |
| 59% | TROU | 4 | Something you might not want to drop in front of others |
| 52% | FIFTEENFOOTPOLE | 15 | You might not want to touch something with this |
| 51% | INLAW | 5 | Guest you might not want to stay for too long |
| 51% | SNOW | 4 | When it's driving, you might not want to drive |
| 51% | SORE | 4 | Like subjects that you might not want to bring up |
| 50% | DIPPER | 6 | Double-___ (person you might not want to share an appetizer with) |
| 46% | ESCAPEROOM | 10 | Engagement you might really want to get out of? |
| 45% | SPOILER | 7 | You may want to stop reading when you see this |
| 45% | ESCAPEROOM | 10 | Activity you might want to get out of? |
| 44% | ARTICHOKE | 9 | Something you might want to get to the heart of? |
| 42% | TENT | 4 | Camping shelter that you may want to take along on a day of trekking |
| 41% | BACKCHAT | 8 | What authority figures might not want to hear |
| 40% | EXES | 4 | They may not want to run into each other |
| 40% | INSTINCT | 8 | You might not think to use it |
| 40% | SCREEN | 6 | Part of your phone or television that you might be "glued" to |
| 40% | FBOMBS | 6 | People might not want to drop them in polite company |
| 40% | PAT | 3 | You might not be able to stand this |
| 39% | XXXXXXXX | 8 | Not wanting to say what you really think |
| 39% | MEAT | 4 | With 7-Across, whom a vegan might not want to date |
| 39% | LIKABLE | 7 | Having the qualities of someone you might want to get a beer with, say |
| 39% | SHELL | 5 | Something you might hold to your ear in order to hear the first parts of 18-, 24-, 52- and 62-Across? |
| 38% | ITCH | 4 | You might want to scratch it |
| 38% | ROPE | 4 | You might want to skip it |
| 38% | THORN | 5 | Part of a rose that you don't want to touch |
| 38% | SEXT | 4 | Message one might not want the tabloids to see |
| 38% | DARKHORSE | 9 | Candidate you might not expect to win |
| 37% | EVE | 3 | Night when you might not get a lot of sleep |
| 37% | ZOO | 3 | Where you may not be allowed to "feed the animals" |