| 100% | AUCTIONS | 8 | Sales where there are various bidders with paddles |
| 42% | AUCTION | 7 | Sale where items are sold to highest bidder |
| 36% | INN | 3 | Where there was no room |
| 36% | DARKNESS | 8 | Where there is no light |
| 35% | SEA | 3 | Where there are plenty of fish |
| 35% | CASHBAR | 7 | Where there are no free spirits? |
| 35% | INN | 3 | Where there was no room, in Bethlehem |
| 34% | OPERA | 5 | Where there is "too much singing," per Debussy |
| 34% | OPERA | 5 | Workplace where there are many openings |
| 34% | LAW | 3 | Where there is no ___, there is no freedom: Locke |
| 34% | INAIR | 5 | Where there are "bombs bursting," to an anthem singer |
| 34% | SEA | 3 | Where there are plenty of fish, so they say |
| 34% | ORS | 3 | Workplaces where there are some openings: Abbr. |
| 34% | SPA | 3 | Place where there is mineral rich water |
| 33% | FIREALARM | 9 | This electric bell rings where there are flames |
| 33% | ARID | 4 | Area where there is a dearth of water |
| 33% | TIE | 3 | Score where there is no winner or loser |
| 33% | SPACE | 5 | Where there may be no gravity |
| 33% | ESTATEPLAN | 10 | Where there's a will, usually |
| 32% | MEET | 4 | Competition where there are shot putters and discus throwers |
| 32% | BACKWATER | 9 | Part of a river where there is no current |
| 32% | USEDCARS | 8 | There are lots of these for sale |
| 32% | DOUBLES | 7 | Tennis game where there are four players on the court |
| 32% | TUPPERWAREPARTY | 15 | Event where there might be burping |
| 32% | BOATHOUSE | 9 | Where paddles are stored |
| 31% | MONOPSONY | 9 | Economics term where there are many sellers and only one buyer |
| 31% | ASU | 3 | School where there are Hornets buzzing around the athletic fields (abbr.) |
| 31% | DOORDIE | 7 | A crux situation where there is only one way out from |
| 31% | ERS | 3 | Where there may be openings in the medical field? |
| 31% | HALL | 4 | Place where there might be a mess |