| 100% | UGH | 3 | Word before "I hate that!" |
| 70% | GEE | 3 | Word before "I didn't know that!" |
| 61% | ISTHISLOVE | 10 | 1978 Bob Marley hit whose title words are sung four times before "... that I'm feelin'" |
| 61% | FINE | 4 | Word before "Be that way" |
| 61% | NOW | 3 | Word before you tell me |
| 61% | ILIED | 5 | Words before "So sue me!" |
| 61% | ILIED | 5 | Words before "so sue me" |
| 61% | ITSALOT | 7 | Words before “. . . but I manage” |
| 60% | STOP | 4 | Word before "You're killing me!" |
| 60% | ISAIDNO | 7 | Words before "... and that's final!" |
| 60% | SILLYME | 7 | Words before "And here I thought ..." |
| 58% | SHE | 3 | Word before "loves me" and "loves me not" |
| 57% | FARM | 4 | Word before "E, I, E, I, O," in song |
| 56% | IMLOST | 6 | Words before "Can you give me directions?" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | GETSET | 6 | Words that go before "Go!" |
| 55% | UNTO | 4 | Word that often comes before itself |
| 55% | CABERNET | 8 | Word that normally comes before "sauvignon" |
| 55% | THE | 3 | Word that often comes before "end" |
| 55% | PET | 3 | Word that often goes before "peeve" |
| 55% | EVER | 4 | Word that’s often before “after” |
| 55% | NOUNS | 5 | Words that often come before verbs |
| 55% | GEE | 3 | Word before "I dunno" |
| 55% | GRR | 3 | ''I hate that!'' |
| 55% | UGH | 3 | "I hate that!" |
| 54% | ANTI | 4 | Word that comes before "venom" or "biotic" |
| 54% | CLEAR | 5 | Word that may go before 42-Across |
| 54% | HIP | 3 | Word that's said twice before "Hooray!" |
| 54% | LEGAL | 5 | Word that goes before "age" or "tender" |
| 54% | UNTO | 4 | Word that's sometimes uttered before other |
| 54% | DAY | 3 | Word that goes before and after "after" |