| 100% | GOESNOTHING | 11 | *"Hope this works!" |
| 67% | STRIKER | 7 | This won't work |
| 66% | ANY | 3 | "Do you have ___ idea how this works?" |
| 64% | DRANO | 5 | This may work on your block |
| 63% | SCAN | 4 | Work a cash register, these days |
| 63% | KITCHENS | 8 | Chefs work in these |
| 62% | SOLVABLE | 8 | Like this puzzle, we hope |
| 62% | FOY | 3 | Bob Hope played this vaudevillian |
| 61% | ACHARM | 6 | Some things work like this |
| 60% | DESK | 4 | You may work hard at this |
| 60% | NOR | 3 | "Neither this ___ that seem to work" |
| 58% | RUT | 3 | You might get in this at work |
| 56% | TINSMITH | 8 | Artisan whose work is featured in this puzzle? |
| 55% | ODETOJOY | 8 | Work incorporated in 33-Across ... or a description of this puzzle? |
| 55% | TLC | 3 | One hopes for this in an I.C.U. |
| 55% | LAZARUS | 7 | Jesus' work in raising the dead involved this man |
| 55% | RINGCYCLE | 9 | Wagner work ... or a possible title for this puzzle |
| 55% | PROMOTION | 9 | Someone given this gets a higher rank at work |
| 55% | DRAWN | 5 | Robert Crump's great work has always been this |
| 53% | SEM | 3 | You might get credit for this period of work: Abbr. |
| 53% | COPYRIGHT | 9 | You can't use others' original work due to this |
| 53% | TRAFFIC | 7 | Getting stuck in this after leaving work is no fun |
| 53% | IVE | 3 | "___ got work to do" ("Let me get cracking on this") |
| 53% | ASTO | 4 | "I'm unsure ___ how this would work, exactly": 2 wds. |
| 52% | ENIGMAVARIATIONS | 16 | Work by Sir Edward Elgar hinted at by this puzzle's circled squares |
| 51% | ONOR | 4 | "You are to submit your work ___ before this Friday": 2 wds. |
| 51% | TREACHERYOFIMAGES | 17 | 1929 work that is the theme of this puzzle, with "The" |
| 50% | OUTBOX | 6 | Where finished work goes ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | INBOX | 5 | Where work piles up ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | FOOTBALL | 8 | *Word used for two different sports, either of which works for this contest |