| 100% | THEROD | 6 | Something not to be spared, in a saying |
| 59% | SECRET | 6 | Not to be shared, in a way |
| 56% | HIC | 3 | Something not to say when taking a sobriety test |
| 56% | INTENT | 6 | Something to be proven in a criminal case |
| 55% | PAGE | 4 | Something bound to be in a book |
| 53% | ROD | 3 | Thing to spare, in a saying |
| 52% | REBUTTAL | 8 | A statement saying something is not true |
| 52% | SAFETY | 6 | Something said to be found in numbers |
| 52% | IRREFUTABLY | 11 | In a way not to be disproved |
| 51% | HYPE | 4 | Something not to be believed? |
| 51% | STEP | 4 | Something not to be missed |
| 51% | TALE | 4 | Something not to be believed |
| 51% | PAYMENT | 7 | Something not to be missed? |
| 51% | BOAT | 4 | Something not to be rocked |
| 51% | GRUDGE | 6 | Something not to be held |
| 51% | AMUST | 5 | Something not to be missed |
| 51% | ABROAD | 6 | When you're in a foreign country you're said to be |
| 50% | OTT | 3 | To say something is over-exaggerated, in texting shorthand: Abbr. |
| 50% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 50% | VARIABLE | 8 | Something not to be relied on |
| 50% | FIRE | 4 | Something said to be in the eyes or belly |
| 50% | CAMERASHY | 9 | Not inclined to be in a lot of photos |
| 50% | SHY | 3 | Not likely to speak up in a meeting, say |
| 49% | HADITH | 6 | Saying attributed to the prophet Muhammad that is not found in the Koran |
| 48% | ASIDE | 5 | Remark in a stage play intended to be heard by the audience alone, not the other characters |
| 48% | DAYJOB | 6 | Something not to quit, they say |
| 48% | SUES | 4 | Not to be trusted, in brief |
| 48% | MRDARCY | 7 | To whom it is said, “I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry” |
| 47% | ARTFILM | 7 | Movie that's not likely to be shown in a multiplex |
| 47% | COOKIES | 7 | Stored in a jar, not to be eaten before dinner |