| 100% | MARCHING | 8 | When the saints go __ in, I want to be in that number |
| 48% | NODOFF | 6 | At midnight when I'm still writing clues for the puzzle that absolutely has to be in Florida by 8:00 am, I have a tendency to do this |
| 48% | HAND | 4 | "I Want to Hold Your ___," 1963 song by The Beatles which was their first number 1 hit in America |
| 48% | WEEZER | 6 | Band with the lyrics "When I was younger, I used to go and tip cows for fun, yeah / Actually, I didn't do that 'cause I didn't want the cow to be sad" |
| 48% | BLED | 4 | What I always did to the car brakes after changing the fluid in those days when I was a DIY car guy (I no longer am!) |
| 47% | WITHSOMEBODY | 12 | "I Wanna Dance ___ (Who Loves Me)," number-one hit by Whitney Houston that was featured in the film "13 Going on 30": 2 wds. |
| 45% | APRIL | 5 | When Browning wanted to be in England |
| 45% | LAW | 3 | What the bill wants to be, in "I'm Just a Bill" |
| 44% | THELOOP | 7 | Ring that gossips want to be in |
| 44% | SEVEN | 5 | The number that's most likely to be picked when guessing a number from 1-10, per psych studies |
| 44% | ONE | 3 | The number everyone wants to be |
| 44% | WOODYALLEN | 10 | Who wrote "It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens" |
| 44% | TEN | 3 | "Let's try 'The Number ___' for $200. In this category, the correct response to every question is ___. When I stop talking, just say ___." (line in a "Celebrity Jeopardy!" sketch on SNL) |
| 43% | HAPPY | 5 | 2013 song by Pharrell Williams that is on the soundtrack of "Despicable Me 2" and was Billboard's number-one single in 2014 |
| 43% | MIS | 3 | Deg. you can get at American University that will assist you in becoming the global diplomat you've always wanted to be (abbr.) |
| 43% | ROW | 3 | You don't want to be in the last one |
| 43% | HEREWITHME | 10 | 2019 hit song by 17-Down featuring Chvrches with the lyrics "You're saying the words that I want you to say / There's a pain in my heart and it won't go away" (3 wds.) |
| 43% | TAGLINE | 7 | "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water," e.g. |
| 43% | FIJI | 4 | Island that Truman wants to go to in "The Truman Show" |
| 42% | SEDATED | 7 | What the Ramones wanted to be in a 1978 hit song |
| 42% | PUTIN | 5 | Person Sanders was addressing when he said "...trust me, you're not going to interfere in any more American elections." |
| 42% | RALPH | 5 | Kid on "The Simpsons" who said, "This is my sandbox. I'm not allowed to go in the deep end" |
| 42% | STIRUPDRAMA | 11 | Create tension in a group, and a direction that was followed when forming the answer to each starred clue? |
| 42% | CCME | 4 | "I want to be on that email" |
| 42% | RID | 3 | "I'll be glad to get ___ of it" ("It's going in the trash") |
| 42% | BALL | 4 | "Wrecking ___" (Miley Cyrus hit with the lyrics "I never hit so hard in love / All I wanted was to break your walls") |
| 41% | SCARY | 5 | What the monsters in "Monsters, Inc." want to be |
| 41% | ESC | 3 | Computer key for when you no longer want to be in full screen mode |
| 41% | SALIERI | 7 | "All I ever wanted was to sing to God. He gave me that longing and then made me mute" speaker in "Amadeus" |
| 41% | ILL | 3 | "You want to stay in bed all day when you are ___" |