| 100% | HOW | 3 | Question calling for an explanation |
| 56% | CLAP | 4 | Call for an encore |
| 56% | ASKTOMEET | 9 | Call for an appointment |
| 54% | HOWSO | 5 | Question that demands an explanation |
| 54% | RAIN | 4 | Weather calling for an umbrella |
| 53% | ANSWERME | 8 | Mom's demand for an explanation |
| 53% | PUZZLED | 7 | At a loss for an explanation |
| 53% | RAIN | 4 | Shower that calls for an umbrella? |
| 52% | NUDITY | 6 | It may call for an R rating |
| 52% | RAINY | 5 | Like weather that calls for an umbrella |
| 51% | ANSWER | 6 | Provide an explanation for |
| 49% | EXCUSE | 6 | An explanation for one's mistakes or failures |
| 49% | THREEAM | 7 | Time for an emergency phone call? |
| 49% | LATEHIT | 7 | Reason for an unnecessary-roughness call |
| 49% | PASSCONFUSION | 13 | Explanation for an interception? |
| 49% | AREWEALONE | 10 | Question for an astrobiologist |
| 48% | TONE | 4 | Ring ___ (music for an incoming phone call) |
| 48% | TONE | 4 | Ring ___ (sound for an incoming phone call) |
| 48% | MISSINGLINK | 11 | Explanation for an evolutionary transition |
| 47% | GETITNOW | 8 | Question after an explanation |
| 45% | WHO | 3 | Question that sounds like an owl's call |
| 44% | MARGIN | 6 | ___ call (demand for additional funds from an investor) |
| 44% | ORISIT | 6 | Question that leaves an opening for doubt |
| 43% | ACCOUNTED | 9 | Provided an explanation (for) |
| 42% | TENSEEXCHANGE | 13 | Heated barrage of words ... and an explanation for the answers to the starred clues? |
| 42% | TONE | 4 | Suffix with "ring" to mean the tune that plays for an incoming phone call |
| 42% | MAYICUTIN | 9 | Question on the dance floor, or an apt title for this puzzle |
| 42% | YESNO | 5 | Like a question for which "maybe" is not an option |
| 42% | KLINE | 5 | Kevin who won an Oscar for "A Fish Called Wanda" |
| 41% | YESORNO | 7 | Type of question for which "maybe" is an unacceptable response: Hyph. |