| 100% | QUITTER | 7 | "A ___ never wins" ("It pays to be persistent") |
| 60% | ATWHATCOST | 10 | "There'll be a price to pay, though, won't there?" |
| 60% | HYPOCRISY | 9 | It is a homage that vice pays to virtue |
| 60% | TAG | 3 | It has a price to be paid |
| 59% | STAR | 4 | It is added to a country's official soccer badge after winning a World Cup |
| 56% | PILLSBURYBAKEON/OFF | 19 | Winning it is a sweet victory |
| 55% | LEASING | 7 | When ___ a car, it is important to remember to pay your monthly payments |
| 54% | PEN | 3 | It used to be light as a feather |
| 54% | ARISE | 5 | Happen to be a pay increase |
| 54% | TAB | 3 | Bill to be paid at a bar |
| 54% | DUE | 3 | Needing to be paid, like a bill |
| 53% | TWAS | 4 | It was, to a poet |
| 53% | RENT | 4 | What's to be paid to a landlord |
| 52% | BEAUTYCONTEST | 13 | It may be won by a knockout |
| 52% | LOAN | 4 | It could be a credit to anyone |
| 52% | SOAP | 4 | It might be stuck to a dish |
| 52% | TNT | 3 | It may be brought to a razing |
| 52% | BARTAB | 6 | A round may be added to it |
| 52% | AAH | 3 | It may be said to a doctor |
| 52% | EAR | 3 | A hoop may be attached to it |
| 52% | RIOTACT | 7 | It may be read to a miscreant |
| 52% | AMP | 3 | A guitar may be connected to it |
| 52% | SEMINAR | 7 | It may be a credit to you |
| 52% | ITEM | 4 | It may be next to a bullet |
| 52% | DOUBT | 5 | It may be reasonable to a jury |
| 52% | SWEATER | 7 | A letter may be attached to it |
| 52% | BARTAB | 6 | A screwdriver might be added to it |
| 52% | REVERENCE | 9 | It may be shown to a superior |
| 52% | BARTAB | 6 | A sidecar may be added to it |
| 52% | DISC | 4 | It may be slipped to a doctor |