| Roy Orbison's "___ Over" | 38 |
| Ricky Nelson's "___ Late" | 39 |
| First word of "A Hard Day's Night" | 48 |
| Favorite word of nitpicky grammarians | 37 |
| "For what __ worth . . ." | 35 |
| "... ___ how you play the game" | 41 |
| "___ the economy, stupid" | 35 |
| "___ So Easy" (Linda Ronstadt hit) | 44 |
| "___ Not Unusual," Tom Jones hit | 42 |
| "___ Not for Me to Say" | 33 |
| "___ none of your business" | 37 |
| "___ no skin off my back" | 35 |
| "___ never going to work!" | 36 |
| "___ just what I've always wanted!" | 49 |
| "___ De-Lovely," 1936 hit | 35 |
| "___ always something" | 32 |
| "___ all in your mind" | 32 |
| "___ Alive" (1974 thriller) | 37 |
| "___ a warm wind . . . ": Masefield | 45 |
| "___ a small world . . ." | 35 |
| "___ a long way to Tipperary" | 39 |
| ''___ the least I can do'' | 42 |
| ''___ now or never!'' | 37 |
| ''___ not for me to say . . .'' | 47 |
| ''___ in the bag'' | 34 |
| ''___ Howdy Doody time!'' | 41 |
| ''___ a small world . . .'' | 43 |
| ''___ a Long Way to Tipperary'' | 47 |
| ''__ been real!'' | 33 |
| Word with an incorrect apostrophe, often | 40 |
| Word with an extraneous apostrophe, often | 41 |
| Word with an erroneous apostrophe, sometimes | 44 |
| Word with a gratuitous apostrophe, often | 40 |
| Word that is not possessive with an apostrophe | 46 |
| Word repeated in the "Superman" intro | 47 |
| Word often typed with an extraneous apostrophe | 46 |
| Word often missing an apostrophe | 32 |
| Word often given an unnecessary apostrophe | 42 |
| Word often given an incorrect apostrophe | 40 |
| W. C. Fields film "___ a Gift" | 40 |
| TV's "--- Academic" | 33 |
| TV's "_____ Academic" | 35 |
| Tommy Dorsey's "___ Always You" | 45 |
| Tom Jones's "_____ Not Unusual" | 45 |
| The Who's "___ Hard" | 34 |
| Supertramp "___ Raining Again" | 40 |
| Roy Orbison's "__ Over" | 37 |
| Roy Orbison's '-- Over' | 35 |
| Possessive without an apostrophe | 32 |
| Porter's "__ De-Lovely" | 37 |
| Perry Como's "___ Impossible" | 43 |
| Men At Work: "___ a Mistake" | 38 |
| Mariah Carey's "___ Like That" | 44 |
| Leonard Bernstein's "___ Love" | 44 |
| Gore's "___ My Party" | 35 |
| Doris Day hit "___ Magic" | 35 |
| Contraction that gives trouble to many | 38 |
| Contraction that gives many spellers trouble | 44 |
| Como's "_____ Impossible" | 39 |
| Cole Porter's "___ De-Lovely" | 43 |
| Bon Jovi's "___ My Life" | 38 |
| Beck's "Where ___ At" | 35 |
| 1986 hit "_____ Only Love" | 36 |
| 1960 Elvis hit ____ Now or Never | 35 |
| "When ___ Love" (Van Halen hit) | 41 |
| "For what --- worth ..." | 34 |
| "Don't Think Twice, ___ All Right" | 48 |
| "Beauty is ___ own excuse for being" | 46 |
| "Baby ___ You" (1962 hit) | 35 |
| "Baby __ You": Shirelles hit | 38 |
| "... and everything in ___ place" | 43 |
| "--- Too Late" (Carole King) | 38 |
| "--- not what you think!" | 35 |
| "--- not for me to say ..." | 37 |
| "--- My Party" (Lesley Gore hit) | 42 |
| "_____ So Easy" ('77 pop hit) | 43 |
| "_____ De-Lovely" (1937 hit) | 38 |
| "___ Your Thing" (funk classic) | 41 |
| "___ up to you, New York" | 35 |
| "___ Too Late" (King hit) | 35 |
| "___ Too Late" (Carole King) | 38 |
| "___ Too Late" (Carole King hit) | 42 |
| "___ the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" | 48 |
| "___ the economy, stupid!" | 36 |
| "___ So Easy," Ronstadt song | 38 |
| "___ six of one . . . " | 33 |
| "___ Pat" (old "SNL" skit) | 46 |
| "___ Over" (Roy Orbison song) | 39 |
| "___ Over," Orbison song | 34 |
| "___ Only Love": Beatles | 34 |
| "___ Only a Paper Moon" | 33 |
| "___ only a paper moon . . . " | 40 |
| "___ on now!" (fighter's words) | 45 |
| "___ Now or Never" (Presley hit) | 42 |
| "___ Now or Never," Presley hit | 41 |
| "___ Not Unusual" (Tom Jones) | 39 |
| "___ Not Unusual," T. Jones hit | 41 |
| "___ no skin off my nose" | 35 |
| "___ My Party," Lesley Gore hit | 41 |
| "___ My Party," Gore hit: 1963 | 40 |