| 100% | SLIP | 4 | "The whole project got derailed because of a minor ___-up." |
| 39% | SINEADOCONNOR | 13 | Singer who got banned from "Saturday Night Live" for ripping up a picture of the pope: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SYNAPSE | 7 | It may get fired because of a thought |
| 37% | FINALPHASE | 10 | Part of a project just before the end |
| 37% | SIDEA | 5 | Part of a record getting the most airplay |
| 37% | REASSESSES | 10 | Gets a whole new view of |
| 37% | ACCOST | 6 | Get up in the face of |
| 37% | LEG | 3 | Get a ___ up on the competition |
| 36% | STERN | 5 | From stem to ___ (along the whole length of a ship) |
| 36% | ARM | 3 | Part of the body that a baseball pitcher warms up |
| 36% | FIN | 3 | Part of a shark that sticks up from the water |
| 36% | SIDE | 4 | Get up on the wrong ___ of the bed |
| 36% | BED | 3 | Get up on the wrong side of the ___ |
| 36% | PUNT | 4 | Get rid of the ball, in a way |
| 36% | REEL | 4 | Part of a fishing rod used to wind up the line |
| 35% | OUTSMARTS | 9 | Gets the better of in a battle of wits |
| 35% | SPRINGMRCLEAN | 13 | Get a bald advertising icon out of the slammer? |
| 35% | INON | 4 | Get ___ the fun (be a part of): 2 wds. |
| 35% | WIPEOUT | 7 | Get a faceful of snow on the ski slopes |
| 35% | BUDGET | 6 | Extent of the money for a project |
| 35% | EMO | 3 | Music genre of the Get Up Kids |
| 35% | UNREEL | 6 | The opposite of wind up, as with a fishing line |
| 35% | WEDGEEARNER | 11 | One who gets a piece of the pie? |
| 35% | BODICE | 6 | Upper part of a dress to the waistline |
| 35% | STAND | 5 | Get up out of a chair |
| 35% | CEILING | 7 | The upper surface of a room |
| 35% | SAMPLES | 7 | Small quantities of a product that show what the whole is like (plural) |
| 34% | YEAST | 5 | The baker down the block got a rise out of this |
| 34% | EXPOSURE | 8 | The amount of light that gets to a piece of film |
| 34% | SHOULDER | 8 | Upper part of the arm where a bag can hang from |