| 100% | FAITH | 5 | "___ without works is dead": James 2:20 |
| 46% | ANET | 4 | Work without ___ (be daring): 2 wds. |
| 41% | ANET | 4 | Work without __: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ANET | 4 | Work without ___ (take risks): 2 wds. |
| 39% | REBEL | 5 | James Dean was one Without A Cause |
| 39% | KEYTO | 5 | "Hard work is the ___ success": 2 wds. |
| 39% | ADAY | 4 | "... is like ___ without sunshine": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ITSOK | 5 | "Everything will work out!": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ANET | 4 | Self-producing artist might be working without ___ |
| 37% | TOMSTOPPARD | 11 | Author of the absurdist play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": 2 wds. |
| 36% | NET | 3 | It can be risky to work without one |
| 36% | ALOT | 4 | "This is ___ of work!" (too much work): 2 wds. |
| 35% | SPYON | 5 | Watch without being noticed: 2 wds. |
| 35% | HORNIN | 6 | Participate without being invited: 2 wds. |
| 35% | FRIDAKAHLO | 10 | Mexican painter whose most notable works are self-portraits, including "The Broken Column": 2 wds. |
| 34% | ANET | 4 | Work without ___ (be daring) |
| 34% | FRANZKAFKA | 10 | "The Trial" author who requested that his unfinished work be burned after his death: 2 wds. |
| 34% | IDLE | 4 | A state where the person is without purpose or is avoiding work |
| 33% | ANET | 4 | Work without ___ (take risks) (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ANET | 4 | Working without ___ (taking risks) (2 wds.) |
| 33% | JAMESDEAN | 9 | "Rebel Without a Cause" star who was never a college executive: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ATOLL | 5 | "Too much work in the office is taking ___ on his health.": 2 wds. |
| 33% | THEILIAD | 8 | Ancient literary work that 15-/24-Across is a retelling of: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ONUS | 4 | "The joke is ___" ("Things didn't work out as we intended"): 2 wds. |
| 33% | UNEMPLOYED | 10 | Without work |
| 32% | PIERCEBROSNAN | 13 | Former James Bond portrayer whose first name is a presidential last name: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ISTO | 4 | "How Sweet It ___ Be Loved by You" (1975 hit for James Taylor): 2 wds. |
| 32% | OCTOBERSKY | 10 | 1999 movie that is an adaptation, and an anagram, of 20-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MEANSIT | 7 | Is dead serious |
| 32% | MEANIT | 6 | Be dead serious |