| 100% | SEENBUTNOTHEARD | 15 | What children should be, so the saying goes |
| 60% | SEEN | 4 | What children should be, and not heard, they say |
| 60% | SEEN | 4 | What children should be (but not heard), they say |
| 47% | BADPENNY | 8 | Something unpleasant that always turns up, so the saying goes |
| 46% | STOOP | 5 | Bend to go through a doorway, say ... or what may be in front of the door |
| 45% | SEENBUTNOTHEARD | 15 | How children should be, in a saying |
| 43% | CHOOSERS | 8 | According to the saying, what beggars can't be |
| 42% | PREDICT | 7 | Say what will happen in the future |
| 42% | CHARM | 5 | What the third time is said to be |
| 42% | WORM | 4 | What the early bird is said to catch |
| 42% | SLEEPDEBT | 9 | What builds up when the rest is gone? |
| 41% | PEN | 3 | What's said to be "mightier than the sword" |
| 41% | KOAN | 4 | What is the sound of one hand clapping?, say |
| 41% | LANDHO | 6 | What one might say when the coast is clear? |
| 41% | IMEAN | 5 | Preceder of what should have been said |
| 41% | VOLTAIRE | 8 | To whom the saying "Common sense is not so common" is attributed |
| 41% | SENSE | 5 | The "common" sort is said to be not so common |
| 41% | WAR | 3 | What truth is said to be the first casualty of |
| 41% | SETYOUSTRAIGHT | 14 | "My procedures should be able to ___," said the orthopedist |
| 40% | SEALED | 6 | What the Go-Go's lips are in a 1981 song |
| 40% | GOODNIGHT | 9 | What is said to a loved one before going to bed |
| 40% | FATE | 4 | What the opening motif of 36-Across is said to represent |
| 40% | LIPREADER | 9 | Can deduce what is said by watching the mouth |
| 39% | HIP | 3 | What flower children of the sixties always wanted their parents to be |
| 39% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | What is said to be found at the end of a rainbow |
| 39% | ITSLATE | 7 | "Wow, look at the time! I should really be going" |
| 39% | HOME | 4 | Where the heart is, so it’s said |
| 39% | ORWE | 4 | "Say as he says, ___ shall never go": "The Taming of the Shrew" |
| 39% | IMO | 3 | "This is what I have to say," on the internet: Abbr. |
| 38% | IGRANTYOUANOTHERWISH | 20 | The genie studies it for a while and finally says, "This is impossible. So ..." |