| 100% | WHY | 3 | Question a parent might respond to with "Because I said so" |
| 36% | IMAGINE | 7 | 1971 hit with the lyric "You may say I'm a dreamer" |
| 36% | IMAGINE | 7 | Lennon song with the lyric "You may say I'm a dreamer ..." |
| 36% | IMAGINE | 7 | John Lennon song with the refrain "You may say I'm a dreamer ..." |
| 35% | CHICAGO | 7 | "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" rock band with a city for a name |
| 35% | TONE | 4 | A parent may tell a child to watch it |
| 35% | TONE | 4 | A parent may tell a child to "watch it" |
| 34% | ANS | 3 | Respond to a question, for short |
| 34% | PURR | 4 | Respond to a belly rub, say |
| 33% | DONTARGUEWITHME | 15 | "Because I said so!" |
| 33% | AMEN | 4 | How a congregation might respond to a pastor |
| 33% | MAGGIENELSON | 12 | Her 2009 book opens, “Suppose I were to begin by saying I had fallen in love with a color” |
| 33% | THEONEMAN | 9 | What a parent might warn a child to watch out for |
| 33% | PLEASE | 6 | What parents might prompt kids to say |
| 32% | LIGHTSOUT | 9 | Parents may say this when it's time to sleep |
| 32% | REASON | 6 | "Because I said so" is not one |
| 32% | BAA | 3 | A ewe might say this to you |
| 31% | ROUGHNIGHT | 10 | Question asked to one with a hangover |
| 31% | POLITELY | 8 | With "please" or "if I may," say |
| 31% | PRY | 3 | To open something, with a crowbar say |
| 31% | BECAUSE | 7 | When a kid asks why, a parent says: __ I said so |
| 31% | ONONE | 5 | With 15-Across, preparing to pop the question, say |
| 31% | DUNNO | 5 | It may be said with a shrug |
| 31% | AAH | 3 | It may be said to a doctor |
| 31% | OLD | 3 | From a different era, so to say |
| 30% | AMO | 3 | "Te ___" (one may say to a lover) |
| 30% | AHEM | 4 | "If I may say a few words ..." |
| 30% | HAH | 3 | ___! (A sound made as if to say "I told you so!") |
| 30% | LUCK | 4 | With 15 Across, party you might bring a dish to |
| 30% | SHOO | 4 | It may be said with a brushing motion |