| 100% | ACT1 | 4 | When a messenger from Godot arrives in "Waiting for Godot" |
| 45% | ESTRAGON | 8 | Major character in Samuel Beckett's stage play Waiting for Godot; the French name for a common herb |
| 43% | VLADIMIR | 8 | One waiting in "Waiting for Godot" |
| 42% | SAMUELBECKETT | 13 | "Waiting for Godot" playwright with a Dublin bridge named in his honor: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ESTRAGON | 8 | One of the ones waiting in "Waiting for Godot" |
| 41% | VLADIMIR | 8 | One of the men waiting in "Waiting for Godot" |
| 41% | NOSHOW | 6 | Godot, in "Waiting for Godot" |
| 41% | PIXEL | 5 | Word for a tiny little thing, first used in 1965 when discussing scanned images from space probes |
| 39% | ETA | 3 | When a plane is due in, for short |
| 39% | ETA | 3 | When a flight is due in, for short |
| 39% | ESTRAGON | 8 | Gogo, in "Waiting for Godot" |
| 39% | POZZO | 5 | Master of Lucky in 1953 Samuel Beckett stage play Waiting for Godot |
| 38% | TSA | 3 | A long line may be waiting for this, in brief |
| 38% | ALLRISE | 7 | Cry from a bailiff when a judge walks in |
| 38% | THEENDIVEISNEAR | 15 | Excited cry from a chicory farmer waiting for harvest? |
| 38% | ACT | 3 | One of two in "Waiting for Godot" |
| 38% | DIDI | 4 | Gogo's pal in "Waiting for Godot" |
| 37% | FOREIGNER | 9 | They were waiting for a girl like you in 1981 |
| 37% | ABSENTEEVOTING | 14 | Process for mailing in a ballot from out of state |
| 37% | ETA | 3 | In-flight info from a pilot, for short |
| 37% | GODOT | 5 | Whom Vladimir and Estragon were waiting for, in a Beckett play |
| 37% | GODOT | 5 | Vladimir and Estragon wait for him in a Samuel Beckett play |
| 37% | CAMP | 4 | When you live in a tent for a while |
| 37% | NOMAN | 5 | For whom "time and tide wait," in a saying |
| 36% | ESTRAGON | 8 | French name for the herb tarragon; character in Samuel Beckett's stage play Waiting for Godot |
| 36% | DIDI | 4 | Reduplicative nickname for Vladimir in “Waiting for Godot” |
| 35% | DISTRESS | 8 | Damsel in __, a cue for a hero to arrive |
| 35% | BIKELOCK | 8 | Chain for securing a cycle when not in use |
| 35% | FLASK | 5 | Small container for carrying a drink when away from home |
| 35% | APHELION | 8 | Point in its orbit when a planet is at its greatest distance from the sun |