| 100% | PASSTIME | 8 | Solve a crossword in a waiting room, say |
| 95% | KILLEDTIME | 10 | Solved crosswords in a waiting room, say |
| 66% | KILLTIME | 8 | Leaf through magazines in a waiting room, say |
| 55% | SEAT | 4 | "Have a ___" (request in a waiting room) |
| 55% | NEXT | 4 | Call in a waiting room |
| 55% | PATIENTS | 8 | Ones in a waiting room |
| 55% | FERN | 4 | Leaves in a waiting room? |
| 55% | SAFE | 4 | In a panic room, say |
| 54% | EON | 3 | Time in a waiting room, seemingly |
| 53% | PACE | 4 | Walk nervously, as in a waiting room |
| 53% | TYPE | 4 | Solve a crossword online, say |
| 52% | PROUDPAPA | 9 | One handing out cigars in a waiting room, perhaps |
| 52% | KILLTIME | 8 | Solve a crossword while waiting around, perhaps |
| 51% | KILLTIME | 8 | Read magazines in the waiting room, say (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ESCAPES | 7 | Solves the final puzzle in a puzzle room, perhaps |
| 50% | NERD | 4 | Do 10 crosswords in a row, say, with "out" |
| 50% | NERDFEST | 8 | Solving crosswords with a bunch of friends, say |
| 50% | EDIT | 4 | Correct errors in a crossword, say |
| 49% | PATIENTLY | 9 | How to wait in a clinic, say |
| 48% | BORED | 5 | Like a student solving a crossword puzzle in class, maybe |
| 48% | MAGAZINE | 8 | A glossy publication; often found in waiting rooms |
| 48% | TRY | 3 | Test a dress out in the fitting room, say |
| 48% | MAG | 3 | Distraction in a dr.'s waiting room |
| 47% | MESS | 4 | Room in need of a cleaning, say |
| 47% | PACER | 5 | Nervous person in a hospital waiting room, perhaps |
| 46% | FORM | 4 | Paper filled out in a doctor's waiting room |
| 46% | NOMAN | 5 | For whom "time and tide wait," in a saying |
| 45% | AHA | 3 | Exclamation when you solve a tricky clue in a crossword puzzle |
| 44% | PRINT | 5 | With "in," one format for solving a crossword |
| 44% | NEMO | 4 | Film character who spends most of the movie in the waiting room of a dentist's office |