| 100% | AREYOU | 6 | Question in response to "I am" |
| 77% | HOWSOON | 7 | Question in response to "I need this in a hurry" |
| 71% | AMI | 3 | Question in response to an insult, maybe |
| 70% | ARENTI | 6 | Smug question in response to praise |
| 69% | WHOWANTSTOKNOW | 14 | Sassy question in response to a question |
| 68% | UCONNERYALE | 11 | Stammering, initially incorrect response to the trivia question "Which Constitution State college is in the Ivy League?"? |
| 68% | YOUBETTER | 9 | Response to "I promise I will" |
| 67% | YES | 3 | Desired response to the question "Will you marry me?" |
| 66% | ANSWERS | 7 | Solutions given in response to questions |
| 64% | NEWPHONEWHODIS | 14 | Snarky text in response to an unwanted question |
| 64% | ROFL | 4 | Response to being slain, in texts? |
| 63% | SOON | 4 | Response to the question in 38-Across |
| 62% | YESYOU | 6 | Response to the question "Who, me?": 2 wds. |
| 62% | LOL | 3 | Response to a joke in an I.M. |
| 62% | INTHISECONOMY | 13 | Jokey question in response to a statement that may have nothing to do with money |
| 62% | PLEA | 4 | What a defendant enters in response to a judge's question |
| 60% | EVE | 3 | Response to "Madam, I'm Adam" that is itself a palindrome |
| 58% | IMA | 3 | "___ drunkard" (Rick's response to what his occupation is in Casablanca) |
| 58% | IFEAR | 5 | "___ that I will give in to my craving" (apprehension): 2 wds. |
| 57% | QUITYOURSELF | 12 | Possible response to "My boss is leaving and I hate his replacement"? |
| 57% | OKSHOOT | 7 | Response to "I have a question for you" |
| 56% | THISOLDTHING | 12 | Question asked modestly in response to "That looks great on you" |
| 56% | SMH | 3 | "You've got to be kidding me," in texts |
| 54% | THATSMYQUEUE | 12 | "Oh, I'm supposed to be in the line over there"? |
| 54% | WILL | 4 | I was one of the men in "Men in Black" and I'm also father to two singers |
| 54% | WHATSSOFUNNY | 12 | Question asked in response to the starts of both words in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 54% | YES | 3 | Preferred response to "Will you marry me?" |
| 54% | LOL | 3 | Undesirable response to "Will you marry me?" |
| 54% | IAM | 3 | Possible response to "Are you with me?" |
| 53% | MARCHING | 8 | When the saints go __ in, I want to be in that number |