| 100% | HOWSOON | 7 | Question in response to "I need this in a hurry" |
| 55% | TEN | 3 | "Let's try 'The Number ___' for $200. In this category, the correct response to every question is ___. When I stop talking, just say ___." (line in a "Celebrity Jeopardy!" sketch on SNL) |
| 54% | WHOWANTSTOKNOW | 14 | Sassy question in response to a question |
| 52% | AREYOU | 6 | Question in response to "I am" |
| 49% | LOL | 3 | Response to a joke in an I.M. |
| 49% | INTHISECONOMY | 13 | Jokey question in response to a statement that may have nothing to do with money |
| 49% | PLEA | 4 | What a defendant enters in response to a judge's question |
| 48% | YES | 3 | Wry response to a this-or-that question |
| 48% | TMI | 3 | "Not something I needed to know," in a text |
| 46% | OKSHOOT | 7 | Response to "I have a question for you" |
| 45% | STEPONIT | 8 | "I'm in a hurry to see that bug squashed!" |
| 45% | AMI | 3 | Question in response to an insult, maybe |
| 45% | ARENTI | 6 | Smug question in response to praise |
| 43% | WHEREARTTHOU | 12 | Question that follows "O Brother" in film ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 43% | POLO | 4 | Response to "Marco!" in a pool game |
| 43% | POLO | 4 | Response to "Marco!" in a swimming pool |
| 42% | POLO | 4 | Response to "Marco!" in a swimming pool game |
| 42% | OOF | 3 | Response to a real kick in the pants |
| 42% | PIT | 3 | Place to retire in a hurry? |
| 42% | ANSWERS | 7 | Solutions given in response to questions |
| 42% | OOF | 3 | Response to a punch, in comics |
| 42% | ILLGETIT | 8 | Words in response to a doorbell |
| 42% | PLEA | 4 | Response to a charge, in court |
| 42% | ANSWER | 6 | Response to a question |
| 42% | LOVEISALLAROUND | 15 | "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" theme, or a hint to the start needed to complete 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | SCORE | 5 | Response to "Look at this free thing I got!" |
| 42% | RENO | 4 | Where to get hitched in a hurry |
| 42% | BEPATIENT | 9 | Advice given to people in a hurry |
| 42% | REFLEX | 6 | Involuntary movement in response to a stimulus |
| 42% | AMEN | 4 | Word shouted in response to a pastor |