| 100% | KILLEDTIME | 10 | Solved crosswords in a waiting room, say |
| 91% | PASSTIME | 8 | Solve a crossword in a waiting room, say |
| 66% | KILLTIME | 8 | Leaf through magazines in a waiting room, say |
| 55% | FERN | 4 | Leaves in a waiting room? |
| 55% | NEXT | 4 | Call in a waiting room |
| 55% | PATIENTS | 8 | Ones in a waiting room |
| 54% | EON | 3 | Time in a waiting room, seemingly |
| 54% | PACE | 4 | Walk nervously, as in a waiting room |
| 52% | PROUDPAPA | 9 | One handing out cigars in a waiting room, perhaps |
| 52% | SAFE | 4 | In a panic room, say |
| 50% | EDIT | 4 | Correct errors in a crossword, say |
| 49% | NERDFEST | 8 | Solving crosswords with a bunch of friends, say |
| 48% | MAG | 3 | Distraction in a dr.'s waiting room |
| 48% | TYPE | 4 | Solve a crossword online, say |
| 47% | PACER | 5 | Nervous person in a hospital waiting room, perhaps |
| 47% | NERD | 4 | Do 10 crosswords in a row, say, with "out" |
| 47% | FORM | 4 | Paper filled out in a doctor's waiting room |
| 46% | KILLTIME | 8 | Solve a crossword while waiting around, perhaps |
| 45% | KILLTIME | 8 | Read magazines in the waiting room, say (2 wds.) |
| 45% | SEAT | 4 | "Have a ___" (request in a waiting room) |
| 44% | MESS | 4 | Room in need of a cleaning, say |
| 43% | PATIENTLY | 9 | How to wait in a clinic, say |
| 43% | BORED | 5 | Like a student solving a crossword puzzle in class, maybe |
| 42% | ESCAPES | 7 | Solves the final puzzle in a puzzle room, perhaps |
| 41% | SOFA | 4 | Staple of a waiting room |
| 40% | STN | 3 | Place with a waiting room: Abbr. |
| 40% | ETD | 3 | Announcement in a waiting area: Abbr. |
| 40% | HARMED | 6 | In a position to sue, say |
| 40% | SLYLY | 5 | In a fox's way, say |
| 39% | FULL | 4 | --> in a saying |