| 100% | RESERVETANK | 11 | *Need for someone running on empty |
| 60% | SKIPARKA | 8 | Protection for someone on the run? |
| 49% | SAVEASEAT | 9 | Leave space for someone running late, say |
| 47% | REIN | 4 | Strap for someone on horseback |
| 47% | TRIPSITTER | 10 | Supervisor for someone on shrooms |
| 46% | PARER | 5 | Tool for someone on KP duty |
| 46% | PAROLE | 6 | Out for someone on the inside |
| 46% | BRAFITTING | 10 | Service for someone who needs support? |
| 45% | PARER | 5 | Gadget for someone on K.P. duty |
| 45% | COAL | 4 | Gift for someone on the Naughty List |
| 45% | ELEC | 4 | Tesla cars run on it, for short |
| 45% | SEAT | 4 | Someone may run for one |
| 44% | SPY | 3 | Job for someone like Carrie Mathison on "Homeland" |
| 44% | PROPOSE | 7 | Ask for someone's hand on one knee |
| 44% | SLOWCOACH | 9 | Term for someone who needs to hurry up |
| 44% | ADSLOGAN | 8 | "America Runs on Dunkin'," for one (2 wds.) |
| 44% | EMPTY | 5 | You can't run on this for long |
| 44% | COINOP | 6 | Like machines that run on quarters, for short |
| 44% | FUGITIVE | 8 | Someone on the run from justice |
| 44% | OPAL | 4 | Birthstone for someone born on Halloween |
| 44% | HANDLE | 6 | The lingo for someone's username URL on Twitter |
| 44% | GIFT | 4 | Something you'd buy for someone on their birthday |
| 44% | LAPTOP | 6 | Device for someone getting work done on a flight |
| 44% | ICES | 4 | Hides a bottle for someone to stumble on, say |
| 44% | AMMO | 4 | Need for the contestants on TV's "Top Shot" |
| 43% | CANDIDATE | 9 | Someone who is running for political office |
| 43% | BEHALF | 6 | For the good of, on __ of someone |
| 43% | SIR | 3 | Title for someone tapped on the shoulders? |
| 43% | SKIS | 4 | Goes for a run on a hill |
| 43% | LAHTI | 5 | "Running on Empty" actress |