| 100% | VENTURE | 7 | ___ capital, money invested in a new business ... and something that involves 31a |
| 50% | BET | 3 | Put money on a race ... and something that involves 31a |
| 44% | CASHFLOW | 8 | Money that moves in and out of a business |
| 41% | GAMBLE | 6 | Play the slots at a casino ... and something that involves 31a |
| 38% | REALLOT | 7 | Divide in a new way and earmark something |
| 38% | HORN | 4 | Something that a ram and a Ram have in common |
| 35% | COFOUNDER | 9 | Partner in a new business |
| 34% | NOVO | 4 | Word in a world capital that means "new" |
| 34% | BOSTON | 6 | First Night ___, a New Year's Eve artistic and cultural celebration, that was first held in 1975 |
| 33% | STAKE | 5 | A portion based on the amount of money invested in a business |
| 33% | ECON | 4 | Class that might involve investing in a virtual stock market, for short |
| 33% | EYE | 3 | Something involved in a Biblical exchange that, on the face of it, seem the same |
| 32% | EARNER | 6 | Something that brings in money |
| 32% | DURANDURAN | 10 | "Rio" New Wave band that released a self-titled album in both 1981 and 1993: 2 wds. |
| 32% | PROFITABLY | 10 | In a way that makes money |
| 32% | OAR | 3 | Something that fits in a lock |
| 32% | CAR | 3 | Something that goes in a garage |
| 32% | EYE | 3 | Something that vanishes in a wink? |
| 32% | BELL | 4 | Something that rings in a steeple |
| 32% | DAILY | 5 | *Something that happens every day, and a typical word in newspaper titles |
| 31% | WALLAH | 6 | Hindustani suffix meaning a person involved in an activity and that can follow punka, dabba, ricksha or chai |
| 31% | APSE | 4 | Something that sticks out in a church? |
| 31% | ANIMAL | 6 | Something that might live in a zoo |
| 31% | GPS | 3 | Something that's helpful in a dash? |
| 31% | SOLUTE | 6 | Something that disappears in a chemistry experiment |
| 31% | IRE | 3 | Something that may be drawn in a fight |
| 31% | OAR | 3 | Something that may be seen in a bank |
| 31% | OBOE | 4 | Something that may be found in a pit |
| 31% | TOOL | 4 | Something that helps in a job, like 12a |
| 31% | SCENE | 5 | Something that can be stolen in a movie |