| 100% | DUCKSOUTOFVIEW | 14 | Why the hunter couldn't shoot the mallards? |
| 48% | JULIARANOUTOFSIGHT | 18 | Why the paparazzi couldn't photograph actress Roberts? [1977, 1985, 1998] |
| 43% | NOPRIORESSRECORD | 16 | Why the convent's head couldn't find information on the nun? |
| 41% | GANG | 4 | "The ___ That Couldn't Shoot Straight" (Jimmy Breslin novel) |
| 40% | BRESLIN | 7 | "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" novelist |
| 40% | ELMER | 5 | Hunter in the 1954 short "Quack Shot" |
| 38% | RON | 3 | Fictional character who says "Why spiders? Why couldn't it be 'Follow the butterflies'?" |
| 38% | WINDBLIND | 9 | Hiding place for hunters who shoot the breeze? |
| 37% | BRESLIN | 7 | Best-selling author of "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" |
| 37% | CHOKED | 6 | Couldn't handle the pressure |
| 37% | GAVE | 4 | Couldn't take the pressure |
| 37% | MELTED | 6 | Couldn't take the heat? |
| 36% | FLU | 3 | Why some need a shot in the arm |
| 36% | ABARN | 5 | Couldn't hit the broadside of ____ |
| 36% | ICHOKED | 7 | Couldn't handle the pressure, man |
| 36% | ITHADJUSTCAWS | 13 | Why the crow wouldn't sing? |
| 35% | CHORD | 5 | "Why couldn't the piano play? It had lost its ___-ination!" |
| 35% | MELTED | 6 | Couldn't stand the heat, in a way |
| 35% | TOREROS | 7 | They don't shoot the bull |
| 34% | KEY | 3 | "Why did the pianist get kicked out of the band? Because he couldn't find the right ___!" |
| 34% | HACK | 4 | "Why did the computer programmer quit the job? Because he couldn't ___ it!" |
| 33% | PACE | 4 | Couldn't keep up the __; lagged |
| 33% | BARN | 4 | "You couldn't hit the broad side of a ___!" |
| 33% | ACED | 4 | Made a serve that the opponent couldn't touch |
| 32% | MESSENGER | 9 | Don't Shoot the __, it is not his fault |
| 32% | CHOKED | 6 | Couldn't come through in the clutch |
| 32% | PUN | 3 | "The shoddy sandwich knife couldn't cut the mustard," e.g. |
| 32% | ALIBI | 5 | Story of why you really couldn't have done it |
| 32% | ALIBI | 5 | "Airtight" reason why a suspect couldn't have done it |
| 32% | SOUR | 4 | Like the fabled grapes which the fox couldn't reach |