| 100% | ALAS | 4 | What a Shakespeare character says instead of "Bummer!" |
| 44% | MATCH | 5 | What a smoker might use instead of a cigarette lighter |
| 43% | LIVES | 5 | What a cat is said to have nine of |
| 43% | RICHARDIII | 10 | Shakespeare character who says "I have set my life upon a cast" |
| 43% | RICHAROIII | 10 | Shakespeare character who says "I have set my life upon a cast" |
| 43% | CRISPED | 7 | Placed in an air fryer instead of a microwave, say |
| 43% | SWONDERFUL | 10 | What can be said of a Gershwin tune? |
| 42% | NEXT | 4 | What a cashier says to the person at the front of the line |
| 42% | IFITOLDYOUTHEN | 14 | With 60-Across, what a keeper of confidential information might say |
| 42% | LIVES | 5 | What it's said a cat has nine of |
| 41% | AHA | 3 | What you say when you have a moment of inspiration |
| 41% | EATUP | 5 | What a cook might say at the start of a meal: 2 wds. |
| 40% | AINTTHATTHEPITS | 15 | "Man, what a bummer!"...and a hint to four of this puzzle's blocks |
| 40% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | What is said to be found at the end of a rainbow |
| 40% | HORATIO | 7 | Shakespeare character who says, "Good night sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest" |
| 40% | IVEGOTIT | 8 | What someone who just thought of a brilliant solution might say: 3 wds. |
| 39% | LEAR | 4 | Shakespeare character who says "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!" |
| 39% | ERR | 3 | Make a left instead of a right, say |
| 38% | NEMO | 4 | Fictional character who says "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 38% | RYECAPTAIN | 10 | What pirates say to their leader when they want a type of whiskey rather than grog? |
| 38% | LETMEGUESS | 10 | Words from someone with a good idea of what you’re about to say |
| 37% | BAA | 3 | What a sheep says |
| 37% | BAA | 3 | What a ewe says |
| 37% | MOO | 3 | What a cow says |
| 37% | MEOW | 4 | What a cat says |
| 37% | IMOUT | 5 | What a folder says |
| 37% | ORLANDO | 7 | City some say was named after a Shakespeare character |
| 37% | ERR | 3 | Choose answer (a) instead of (b), say |
| 37% | OTHELLO | 7 | Board game named for a Shakespeare character |
| 36% | HOLMES | 6 | Fictional character who says "I am a brain …. The rest of me is a mere appendix" |