| 100% | NEAR | 4 | Word said by Grover when close to the camera |
| 41% | TGIF | 4 | Expression of words said in relief by every office-goer when the weekend rolls around: Abbr. |
| 41% | INFRONT | 7 | Close to the stage, say |
| 41% | LOW | 3 | Close to the ground, say |
| 41% | RINKSIDE | 8 | Close to the Flames, say |
| 41% | CRAZIER | 7 | Closer to the edge, say |
| 40% | AHEAD | 5 | Closer to the finish line, say |
| 39% | HIGHER | 6 | Closer to the top of the mountain, say |
| 38% | HELLO | 5 | Word said when answering the phone |
| 37% | IDO | 3 | Union words said by the bride and groom: 2 wds. |
| 36% | IMLATE | 6 | Words said before one runs to the bus stop, maybe |
| 36% | AMEN | 4 | The last word when saying grace |
| 36% | WEDIDIT | 7 | First three words famously said by Kamala Harris to Joe Biden upon winning the 2020 election |
| 35% | IDO | 3 | Words said at an altar by the Bride and Groom: 2 wds |
| 35% | MINE | 4 | The only word said by the seagulls in "Finding Nemo" |
| 35% | BELONGS | 7 | When the word is out, it __ to another |
| 35% | AGO | 3 | Word of expression to say 'in the past' |
| 35% | SEENIN | 6 | Tended to by the butler, say |
| 35% | DEFENSE | 7 | Word chanted by fans when the other team has the ball |
| 35% | SPIRAL | 6 | When preceded by [the circled letters], natural shape said to be seen in 61-Across and 27-Down |
| 35% | DICTATION | 9 | The action of saying words aloud to be typed |
| 34% | HIMOM | 5 | Words shouted while waving to the camera |
| 34% | HIMOM | 5 | Words with a wave to the camera |
| 34% | RENTS | 5 | Pays to use by the day, say |
| 34% | RENTS | 5 | Pays to use by the month, say |
| 34% | INNER | 5 | Private ... or a hint to the words spelled by the circled letters |
| 34% | PRONOUNCE | 9 | The correct way to say or sound out a word |
| 34% | NOUN | 4 | Devout woman has only to say the word |
| 34% | PARTYDOWN | 9 | Really revel ... or a hint to the words formed by the circled letters |
| 34% | BOO | 3 | Word you might say to scare the hiccups out of someone |