| 100% | SMUG | 4 | Thinking one is pretty hot stuff, say |
| 48% | MINDS | 5 | Great ones are said to think alike |
| 40% | EWE | 3 | One being shepherded, say |
| 39% | GOBLANK | 7 | Forget what one was about to say |
| 39% | GOESBLANK | 9 | Forgets what one was about to say |
| 38% | PREEN | 5 | Obsess over what one is wearing, say |
| 38% | FAINT | 5 | One is often said to be dead |
| 38% | LIPREAD | 7 | See what one is saying? |
| 37% | DECIDETO | 8 | Say one will |
| 37% | ACID | 4 | One whose pH is five, say |
| 37% | POSER | 5 | One pretending to be trendy, say |
| 36% | NERD | 4 | One whose favorite website is Sporcle, say |
| 36% | ISSUE | 5 | One might be hot-button |
| 36% | DECIDETO | 8 | Say one will (2 wds.) |
| 36% | STEPFORMAN | 10 | "One small ____, one giant leap for mankind," what 31a was initially thought to have said upon landing on the Moon: 3 wds. |
| 36% | COMINGOUT | 9 | Announcing one is less than completely straight, say |
| 36% | PICKY | 5 | Very particular about what one will eat, say |
| 35% | DATE | 4 | One may be blind or hot |
| 35% | WRONGTREE | 9 | One is said to bark up it if searching in vain |
| 35% | LADDER | 6 | Walking under one is said to be bad luck |
| 35% | CLOVER | 6 | A four-leafed one is said to be lucky |
| 35% | CAT | 3 | A black one is said to be bad luck |
| 35% | NIHILIST | 8 | One who might say "Nothing is real" |
| 35% | TAKE | 4 | One may be hot on the Internet |
| 35% | DISOWN | 6 | Write out of one's will, say |
| 35% | HEADS | 5 | Two are better than one, they say |
| 35% | CHEETO | 6 | One may be Flamin' Hot |
| 34% | TULIP | 5 | A white one is said to symbolize "I'm sorry" |
| 34% | OPPORTUNIST | 11 | One who strikes while the iron is hot |
| 34% | CYNICS | 6 | Ones who say the glass is half empty |