| 100% | IAM | 3 | What "woof" might translate to in response to "Who's a good boy?" |
| 57% | ARF | 3 | Response to "Who's a good boy?" |
| 45% | PLEA | 4 | What a defendant enters in response to a judge's question |
| 45% | DOG | 3 | One who may be asked, "Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy???" |
| 44% | OBEY | 4 | What a well-trained dog will do in response to its owner's commands |
| 43% | COMA | 4 | What a person who's out may be in |
| 43% | FOLD | 4 | What you might do to shirts before putting them in a suitcase |
| 42% | SKULL | 5 | Emoji that might be used in response to a funny text |
| 42% | BUTISITARTIE | 12 | Response to "That's a good clarinetist"? |
| 42% | LUMP | 4 | What someone who’s about to cry might feel in their throat |
| 42% | SPINE | 5 | What you might turn your head sideways to read, in a bookstore |
| 42% | MOOSHUPORK | 10 | What 57-Across might refer to in a Chinese restaurant |
| 42% | CHOUXPASTRY | 11 | What 57-Across might refer to in a French bakery |
| 41% | SHOOFLYPIE | 10 | What 57-Across might refer to in a Pennsylvania Dutch kitchen |
| 41% | SRY | 3 | What "np!" might be a response to |
| 41% | PHD | 3 | What a good defense might lead to |
| 41% | MERCI | 5 | What "de rien" might be a response to |
| 41% | WHEATSON | 8 | Parent's boy who grows a crop full of gluten? (... to a school in Massachusetts) |
| 40% | FLATTIRE | 8 | What a fork in the road might lead to? |
| 40% | NICESAVE | 8 | Sarcastic response to ". . . in a good way!" |
| 40% | ART{LOVE}R | 10 | Someone who might dream of running away to live in a museum |
| 40% | IDEA | 4 | What a light bulb in a comic may refer to |
| 40% | SNAPDECISION | 12 | What a person in an emergency might have to make |
| 40% | ETA | 3 | What a clock checker might want to know, in brief |
| 40% | STARE | 5 | What paintings in a haunted house might seem to do |
| 40% | TUX | 3 | What a boy might rent to wear to prom, for short |
| 40% | ICE | 3 | What might need to be scraped off a windshield in winter |
| 40% | LINEONE | 7 | What the first call to a receptionist might come in on |
| 39% | PLATO | 5 | Chidi’s response to “It’s like, who died and left Aristotle in charge of ethics?,” on “The Good Place” |
| 39% | MIME | 4 | Person who might pretend to be stuck in a box |