| 100% | BADPENNY | 8 | Something unpleasant that always turns up, so the saying goes |
| 39% | SEENBUTNOTHEARD | 15 | What children should be, so the saying goes |
| 38% | ODS | 3 | Slangy way of saying that someone always goes hog wild with the free popcorn, maybe |
| 36% | HEM | 3 | Something that's turned up |
| 35% | AMMO | 4 | Something that always ends up getting fired |
| 34% | DENY | 4 | Say that something isn't so |
| 34% | IDEA | 4 | Something that starts the mental gears turning |
| 33% | SENSE | 5 | Something "common" that's not always so common |
| 32% | STAIRCASE | 9 | Something that goes up and down but doesn't move |
| 32% | WADES | 5 | Goes in the water up to one's ankles, say |
| 32% | SLIT | 4 | Skirt feature that goes partway up the leg |
| 32% | EGGO | 4 | Something that may pop up in the morning |
| 32% | NEW | 3 | Like something that just hit the shelves, say |
| 32% | FIB | 3 | Something that might be said with fingers crossed behind the back |
| 32% | THUMB | 5 | Something that turns up when you snap your fingers? |
| 32% | SUPINATE | 8 | To turn the hand so that it faces upward |
| 31% | LOOSEEND | 8 | Something that gets "tied up" so nothing is unfinished: 2 wds. |
| 31% | FIREFLY | 7 | Insect that lights up ... or something that flickers in the night |
| 31% | INFANT | 6 | Something that often shows up at the end of Labor Day |
| 30% | WHAM | 4 | Duo that had the hit "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" |
| 30% | OFF | 3 | Like a faucet that has been turned all the way clockwise, say |
| 30% | PENNYLANE | 9 | Where "all the people that come and go stop and say hello" |
| 30% | CREWSOCKS | 9 | Pair that goes up to the calves |
| 30% | BLUEPOINTOYSTER | 15 | Something fished out of the Long Island Sound that might cause you to say "Aw, shucks!" |
| 30% | LESS | 4 | More, as the saying goes |
| 29% | PUN | 3 | Joke with a homophone, say, that is the so-called "lowest form of humor" |
| 29% | HIC | 3 | Something you might say just before you take that deep breath from the brown paper bag, maybe |
| 29% | ACTION | 6 | As the saying goes, "Lights, camera, __" |
| 29% | WALLCLOCK | 9 | Something set up so that its face might be face-to-face with your face |
| 29% | AMP | 3 | Turn up the volume |