| 100% | TOOKASIDE | 9 | Ushered away, to speak in private: 2 wds. |
| 46% | TALKUP | 6 | Speak in favor of something: 2 wds. |
| 46% | CLAMUP | 6 | Refuse to speak: 2 wds. |
| 46% | IDO | 3 | Words spoken in front of witnesses: 2 wds. |
| 45% | GOAPE | 5 | Come unglued, so to speak: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TWOCENTS | 8 | Monetary amount for an opinion, so to speak: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ASIT | 4 | ___ were (so to speak): 2 wds. |
| 42% | LIGHTNINGBOLT | 13 | Nickname given to athlete in 17a: 2 wds. |
| 42% | INRE | 4 | As to, in memos: 2 wds. |
| 42% | INRE | 4 | "Pertaining to" in memos: 2 wds. |
| 42% | OFGAB | 5 | Gift ___, the ability to speak well: 2 wds. |
| 42% | PASTLIFE | 8 | Previous existence, to believers in reincarnation: 2 wds. |
| 42% | LEDIN | 5 | Ushered to a seat: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ASFOR | 5 | In regard to: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ITBE | 4 | "Would ___ okay to drop in unannounced?": 2 wds. |
| 40% | TURNTAIL | 8 | Run away in embarrassment: 2 wds. |
| 40% | WINDGAUGE | 9 | A speed reader for gusts, so to speak, also known as an anemometer: 2 wds |
| 39% | THENOD | 6 | Official approval, so to speak (2 wds.) |
| 39% | TEEUP | 5 | Prepare to drive, in golf: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ATBAT | 5 | Ready to hit, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to hit, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ATBAT | 5 | Ready to swing, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to swing, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to hit, in softball: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ATBAT | 5 | Turn to hit, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LARAMS | 6 | NFL team restored to California in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TAGUP | 5 | Get ready to run, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 39% | INRE | 4 | "As to," in memos: 2 wds. |
| 38% | INRE | 4 | With respect to, in legal terms: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SNAPAT | 6 | Respond impulsively to in anger: 2 wds. |