| 100% | LEAVE | 5 | Principal has rejected the student's _____ application for 4 days |
| 34% | CEMENTMASON | 11 | One who has concrete plans for the day? |
| 32% | NGOR | 4 | Haing S —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for The Killing Fields |
| 32% | BREAKFASTED | 11 | Had the day's first meal |
| 31% | GPA | 3 | Model student's 4.0, for example: Abbr. |
| 30% | GPA | 3 | 4.0, for a student with straight A's: Abbr. |
| 30% | ORBIT | 5 | It's about 27 days for the moon |
| 30% | SERVE | 5 | Australia's Samuel Groth has the Guinness record for the fastest one (163.4 m.p.h.) |
| 30% | LISP | 4 | "Whose cruel idea was it for the word '___' to have an S in it?" (Steven Wright joke) |
| 30% | OIL | 3 | Application for the Mr. Universe contest? |
| 29% | AFRO | 4 | The world's largest one has a circumference of 4' 4" |
| 29% | GPA | 3 | It's 4.0 for a straight-A student |
| 29% | THU | 3 | Day for Thanksgiving in the U.S. |
| 29% | GLOSS | 5 | Lustrous application for the lips |
| 29% | HOTS | 4 | Have the __ for |
| 29% | INTERN | 6 | College student who's on staff for the summer, maybe |
| 29% | PARENT | 6 | ___-teacher meeting, student performance discussion, and one of the many reasons why school could be out for the day |
| 29% | MALAYSIA | 8 | Setting for Preeta Samarasan’s “Evening Is the Whole Day” |
| 29% | MAPLE | 5 | (2/6)"We'll have some pancakes drizzled with tasty amber-colored ___ syrup for breakfast before starting the day." |
| 29% | THEFOGOFWAR | 11 | Documentary film based on Robert S. McNamara that won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2003: 4 wds. |
| 28% | AFFORDS | 7 | Has the means for |
| 28% | ABIDES | 6 | Has the stomach for |
| 28% | IDLE | 4 | Having the day off |
| 28% | CRAVE | 5 | Have the munchies for |
| 28% | AFFORD | 6 | Have the means for |
| 28% | MON | 3 | Day when it's hard to wake up in the morning, for short |
| 28% | ALLAS | 5 | What a student with a 4.0 G.P.A. has ... or a hint to the vowels in this puzzle |
| 28% | GPA | 3 | Number that's 4.0 for a straight-A student: Abbr. |
| 28% | FRENCHOPEN | 10 | Another name for Roland-Garros, one of the 4 tennis grand slams which Serena Williams has won thrice: 2 wds. |
| 28% | PARK | 4 | (1/7) "Let's have a day out at the amusement ___!" |