| 100% | AGONY | 5 | ___ aunt (one who tries to solve your problems) |
| 54% | LOBBYIST | 8 | One who tries to influence lawmakers |
| 53% | EPEEIST | 7 | One who tries to avoid being touched |
| 53% | TICKETAGENT | 11 | One who tries to sell a political slate? |
| 53% | DOGOODER | 8 | One who tries to help, perhaps naively: Hyph. |
| 53% | DENTIST | 7 | One who tries to make a good impression |
| 53% | ACERS | 5 | Ones who try to put things past you? |
| 48% | SALESMAN | 8 | "Travelling ___," 2012 film about mathematicians trying to solve problems |
| 47% | DOG | 3 | One who's trying to make fetch happen? |
| 46% | MISSUSA | 7 | One who goes on to try to conquer the Universe? |
| 46% | REALESTATEAGENT | 15 | One who'd like to put you in your place |
| 45% | BYTRIALANDERROR | 15 | One way to solve problems |
| 45% | AGENT | 5 | One who might try to make a big deal out of everything |
| 45% | PATCHONTHEBACK | 14 | Hidden help for one who's trying to quit smoking? |
| 44% | MOOD | 4 | ___ killer (one who tries to spoil the fun, say) |
| 43% | MATHLETE | 8 | Person who might compete to solve geometry problems |
| 42% | SUDOKUCUCKOO | 12 | One who turns into a raving lunatic when he tries to do those infernal number puzzles |
| 42% | JUDGE | 5 | One who tries |
| 42% | ESSAYER | 7 | One who tries |
| 40% | ROADHOG | 7 | To whom one might yell, “Stay in your lane!” |
| 40% | DABBLER | 7 | One who tries this and that |
| 39% | LOBBYIST | 8 | Someone who tries to influence legislation |
| 39% | CARDIB | 6 | Musician who tried to trademark “okurrr” |
| 39% | CPAS | 4 | Pros who try to stay balanced? |
| 38% | ESSAYER | 7 | One who's trying |
| 38% | QUIRRELL | 8 | Professor who tries to kill Harry Potter |
| 38% | BOWLER | 6 | Athlete who tries to knock down tenpins |
| 38% | HAM | 3 | Actor who tries to steal the show |
| 38% | MACDUFF | 7 | Scottish nobleman who tries to unseat Macbeth |
| 38% | VOLDEMORT | 9 | Villain who tried to kill Harry Potter |