| 100% | THEJOEWASONME | 13 | What happened when I spilled coffee? |
| 56% | IBEAM | 5 | Construction piece that describes what happens when you compliment me? |
| 49% | PROPOSAL | 8 | What's happening when someone asks "Will you marry me?" |
| 48% | TIMEFLIES | 9 | What happens when having fun |
| 46% | TIMEFLIES | 9 | What happens when you're having fun? |
| 46% | DIVORCE | 7 | What happens when a marriage has to end |
| 46% | WAR | 3 | What happens when language fails, per Margaret Atwood |
| 46% | OOPS | 4 | "Sorry I spilled coffee on you!" |
| 45% | WALLEYESWEREUPONUS | 18 | What happened when we aroused a pike's pique? |
| 45% | ROYALSDOAFLIP | 13 | What happens when Kansas City wins a World Series? |
| 45% | SYNC | 4 | What happens when an iPad connects to a computer |
| 45% | ECHO | 4 | What happens when your voice reflects against a wall |
| 45% | CULTURE | 7 | __ clash, what happens when East meets West |
| 44% | PHONETAG | 8 | What happens when two people miss each other a lot? |
| 44% | WAR | 3 | “___ is what happens when language fails”: Margaret Atwood |
| 43% | ECHO | 4 | What happens when your voice bounces off a wall or mountain |
| 43% | SEE | 3 | "This is what happens when you don't listen!" |
| 42% | MELTED | 6 | What happened to Elphaba when water touched her |
| 42% | SMOG | 4 | Q: What happens when the ___ clears over Los Angeles? A: UCLA! |
| 42% | NOTON | 5 | "___ my watch" (won't happen when I am around): 2 wds. |
| 41% | WAS | 3 | I ___ here when it happened |
| 41% | SHECANTHOLD | 11 | With 25-Across, what happens when a basket maker drinks too much? |
| 41% | TEA | 3 | What you spill when you gossip |
| 41% | SKED | 4 | What's happening and when, informally |
| 41% | TEAR | 4 | What you shed when 34a happens |
| 40% | LID | 3 | What prevents a coffee cup from spilling |
| 39% | YODAGRITTED | 11 | What happened that time when a Jedi made noise with his teeth? |
| 39% | YADA | 4 | When tripled, "You know what I'm sayin' …" |
| 39% | NUDGE | 5 | When repeated, "If ya know what I mean ..." |
| 39% | WINK | 4 | When repeated, "If ya know what I mean ..." |