| Reason for downsizing | 21 |
| Reason for earplugs | 19 |
| Reason for Earth's existence? | 33 |
| Reason for editor's rejection | 33 |
| Reason for engine trouble, perhaps | 34 |
| Reason for ETO | 14 |
| Reason for excommunication | 26 |
| Reason for extra innings | 24 |
| Reason for eye drops | 20 |
| Reason for face painting | 24 |
| Reason for foggy coop windows? | 30 |
| Reason for gaping | 17 |
| Reason for giving a darn? | 25 |
| Reason for glasses | 18 |
| Reason for grounding, perhaps | 29 |
| Reason for Ham's lam | 24 |
| Reason for having a preference for Italian ice cream? | 53 |
| Reason for head-scratching | 26 |
| Reason for hesitating | 21 |
| Reason for imprisonment, once | 29 |
| Reason for insoles, maybe | 25 |
| Reason for insurance | 20 |
| Reason for keeping quiet, maybe | 31 |
| Reason for kids to miss school | 30 |
| Reason for leaving | 18 |
| Reason for lights going out | 27 |
| Reason for liniment | 19 |
| Reason for many December returns? | 33 |
| Reason for marital breakup? | 27 |
| Reason for marriage | 19 |
| Reason for medicinal drops | 26 |
| Reason for missing a flight? [1970*, 2000*] | 43 |
| Reason for missing a gimme? | 27 |
| Reason for much bellyaching | 27 |
| Reason for nose-pinching | 24 |
| Reason for not apologizing | 26 |
| Reason for not attending | 24 |
| Reason for optimism, perhaps | 28 |
| Reason for OT | 13 |
| Reason for oversleeping | 23 |
| Reason for overtime | 19 |
| Reason for parental discretion | 30 |
| Reason for parental scolding | 28 |
| Reason for penthouse owners to assemble? | 40 |
| Reason for points on a license | 30 |
| Reason for postponement | 23 |
| Reason for pressing a suit | 26 |
| Reason for pride | 16 |
| Reason for purchasing tickets | 29 |
| Reason for raised glasses | 25 |
| Reason for Raleigh's chivalry | 33 |
| Reason for rehab | 16 |
| Reason for relief | 17 |
| Reason for rescheduling | 23 |
| Reason for restrictions | 23 |
| Reason for rhinoplasty | 22 |
| Reason for ringing | 18 |
| Reason for ruin | 15 |
| Reason for saving | 17 |
| Reason for savings | 18 |
| Reason for saying "T.G.I.F.!" | 39 |
| Reason for school cancellation | 30 |
| Reason for school probation, maybe | 34 |
| Reason for shaking hands? | 25 |
| Reason for shrinking | 20 |
| Reason for signaling | 20 |
| Reason for slowing down | 23 |
| Reason for sneezin' | 23 |
| Reason for sneezing | 19 |
| Reason for some blacklisting | 28 |
| Reason for some buys | 20 |
| Reason for some food recalls | 28 |
| Reason for some grants | 22 |
| Reason for some hisses | 22 |
| Reason for some holdups | 23 |
| Reason for some medals | 22 |
| Reason for some missed connections | 34 |
| Reason for some political scandals | 34 |
| Reason for some primping | 24 |
| Reason for some produce recalls | 31 |
| Reason for some raises | 22 |
| Reason for some recklessness | 28 |
| Reason for some scholarships | 28 |
| Reason for some sirens | 22 |
| Reason for some trips | 21 |
| Reason for some votes | 21 |
| Reason for speech therapy | 25 |
| Reason for stitches | 19 |
| Reason for striking out | 23 |
| Reason for sudden death | 23 |
| Reason for sunglasses | 21 |
| Reason for taking statins | 25 |
| Reason for talking in one's sleep | 37 |
| Reason for tears | 16 |
| Reason for tears? | 17 |
| Reason for the downfall of many kings? | 38 |
| Reason for the Easter holiday | 29 |
| Reason for the Iraq war, according to many | 42 |
| Reason for the silent treatment | 31 |
| Reason for turning down an invitation | 37 |