| 100% | NOCOMMENT | 9 | Used in refusing to answer a question |
| 63% | PLEDTHEFIFTH | 12 | Declined to answer a question in court |
| 53% | CLAMUP | 6 | Refuse to answer questions |
| 53% | STONEWALLED | 11 | Refused to answer questions |
| 49% | INTERVIEW | 9 | Set of questions answered in order to land a job |
| 48% | ERR | 3 | Fail to answer in the form of a question on “Jeopardy!,” say |
| 47% | JENNY | 5 | Woman in a 1982 hit who can be reached using the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | REED | 4 | Used in 13 Across to produce a tone |
| 47% | BOYCOTTED | 9 | Protested by refusing to use a service |
| 46% | NOSIR | 5 | Answer to a general question? |
| 46% | ESTIMATE | 8 | Answer to a Fermi question |
| 46% | ASKSOMEONEELSE | 14 | Answer to a tough question |
| 46% | ICOULDNTTELLYOU | 15 | Answer to a tough question |
| 46% | ITSAMYSTERYTOME | 15 | Answer to a tough question |
| 46% | HAVENTGOTACLUE | 14 | Answer to a tough question |
| 46% | ASK | 3 | Put a question as to get an answer |
| 46% | BUZZERS | 7 | Buttons hit to answer in a quiz show |
| 46% | IDO | 3 | Answer to a minister's question |
| 46% | SEEANYBODY | 10 | Question to a person using binoculars |
| 46% | REFUTATION | 10 | Answer to a question |
| 45% | BUZZER | 6 | Press this signal to answer in a game show |
| 45% | IDO | 3 | Answer to priest in a marriage ceremony |
| 45% | MILLIONAIRE | 11 | "Who Wants to Be a ___?," TV quiz show in which contestants answer multiple-choice questions to win cash prizes |
| 44% | PLUSSIGN | 8 | A cross used in maths to denote addition |
| 44% | MANNEQUIN | 9 | Used to display clothes in a department store |
| 44% | ENVELOPE | 8 | A paper container used to send letters in |
| 44% | JIGSAWED | 8 | Used a machine to cut curves in wood |
| 44% | ASKS | 4 | Uses a question mark in a text message |
| 44% | NOFUSSNOMUSS | 12 | A breeze to use, in adspeak |
| 44% | CONVEYOR | 8 | A belt used to move items in a factory |