| 100% | YEGG | 4 | Sort who isn't safe around a safe |
| 46% | BIGMOUTH | 8 | Sort who can't keep a secret |
| 46% | HITME | 5 | Request from someone who isn't standing in a casino? |
| 45% | ANTI | 4 | One who isn't a pro |
| 44% | ONETERM | 7 | Like a president who isn't reelected: Hyph. |
| 43% | REP | 3 | Member of Congress who isn't a senator (Abbr.) |
| 43% | REP | 3 | Capitol Hill politician who isn't a senator: Abbr. |
| 43% | MET | 3 | New York baseball player who isn't a Yankee |
| 43% | REB | 3 | One who isn't exactly a big Yankee fan? |
| 43% | LISTENER | 8 | Person who isn't a talker but uses their ears |
| 42% | AWOL | 4 | Like a soldier who isn't where he should be: Abbr. |
| 42% | AWOL | 4 | Like a soldier who isn't properly on the base: Abbr. |
| 42% | EARL | 4 | English aristocrat who isn't as highly ranked as a duke |
| 41% | REF | 3 | Person on a football field who isn't an athlete, for short |
| 41% | SETTHETABLE | 11 | Instruction to a family member who isn’t helping to cook dinner |
| 41% | TAGLINE | 7 | “A lively comedy about a guy who isn’t,” for “Weekend at Bernie’s” |
| 40% | EVE | 3 | Biblical character who isn't given a name until a chapter after her creation |
| 39% | LEO | 3 | Sort who's a natural leader, supposedly |
| 38% | NOMAD | 5 | Person who roams around a herd |
| 37% | DOM | 3 | Person who might suggest a safe word |
| 37% | GUIDE | 5 | A person in a museum who shows the visitors around |
| 37% | ERIKSETTEE | 10 | Avant-garde composer who sat around a lot? |
| 37% | PGA | 3 | Gp. for those who putter around a lot? |
| 37% | APER | 4 | A mimic who likes monkeying around |
| 36% | QBERT | 5 | Classic arcade game character who hopped around a pyramid |
| 36% | SINGER | 6 | Sort of artist who needs a repertoire |
| 36% | KERMITTHEFROG | 13 | Muppet who says "Milk isn't just for tadpoles" in a "Got Milk?" ad: 3 wds. |
| 35% | MADEA | 5 | Female character around whom Tyler Perry has built a franchise |
| 35% | BARNUM | 6 | P. T., who started a circus |
| 35% | MEANSIT | 7 | Isn’t messing around |