| 100% | ITIS | 4 | Response to "Can this be?" |
| 83% | CLEANUP | 7 | Response to 40-Across ... or what can be done to 12 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues? |
| 75% | MINE | 4 | Possible response to "Whose is this?" |
| 74% | NOTATALL | 8 | Polite response to "Would this be an imposition?": 3 wds. |
| 74% | YES | 3 | Response to Santa's "Have you been good this year?" |
| 70% | BLUEBERRY | 9 | This fruit can be used to make sweet pies |
| 70% | ITIS | 4 | Reply to "Can this be true?" |
| 69% | ONIT | 4 | Response to "Can you take care of this?" |
| 69% | KNIFE | 5 | It can be scary to go under this |
| 69% | CUCUMBER | 8 | A pickle can never return to being this |
| 68% | RATE | 4 | This doesn't need to be fixed, but it can be |
| 67% | UPHILL | 6 | A challenge can be likened to this kind of battle |
| 65% | BUBBLESUP | 9 | Rises to the top, or what can be found in this puzzle? |
| 64% | YES | 3 | Hoped-for response to “Is this your card?” |
| 63% | RADIO | 5 | It can be two-way ... with a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 63% | SKIS | 4 | Splitboards, essentially nonexistent prior to the nineties, can be separated into these two items |
| 62% | {TAX}ES | 7 | "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and ___": Benjamin Franklin |
| 62% | TEEHEE | 6 | Response to being tickled |
| 61% | IWILL | 5 | Response to "Who can help?" |
| 61% | HAPPYFACE | 9 | Response to solving this puzzle |
| 61% | NOTME | 5 | Response to "Who broke this?!" |
| 61% | EMAIL | 5 | Something you could send to crosswords@vox.com saying how great these puzzles are, for example |
| 61% | IMOK | 4 | Response to "How are you?" |
| 61% | WASISNORING | 11 | Response to being elbowed, maybe |
| 61% | THATSWEIRD | 10 | Response to something being off |
| 61% | ERR | 3 | To do this is human |
| 60% | CAPLETS | 7 | These are easy to swallow |
| 60% | OPPOSITES | 9 | These are said to attract |
| 60% | YOUBETTER | 9 | Response to "I promise I will" |
| 60% | ROFL | 4 | Response to being slain, in texts? |