| 100% | FEND | 4 | ___ for yourself (receive no help from others) |
| 47% | BOOTSTRAP | 9 | Develop without reliance on help from others |
| 46% | ENLIST | 6 | Secure help from others |
| 45% | AINT | 4 | "___ No Other Man," 2006 song by Christina Aguilera for which she received a Grammy Award |
| 45% | BOOTSTRAP | 9 | Make happen without help from others |
| 44% | ALLALONE | 8 | Without any help from others (2 wds.) |
| 43% | DES | 3 | Poor enough to need help from others: ___titute |
| 42% | GRASPSATSTRAUSS | 15 | Desperately searches for help from anyone in interpreting Richard's "Horn Concerto No. 2"? |
| 42% | SPECKFORYOURSELF | 16 | Create a pointillist painting with no help from anyone else? |
| 41% | SELFISH | 7 | No consideration for others |
| 39% | FREEBIE | 7 | Something received for no payment |
| 37% | IHADTO | 6 | "There was no other option for me!" |
| 37% | IGOTTA | 6 | "There's no other option for me" |
| 37% | IMUST | 5 | "There's no other choice for me" |
| 37% | WEHADTO | 7 | "There was no other option for us" |
| 37% | FAIRTRADE | 9 | Coffee, other goods known for helping workers |
| 37% | PRAY | 4 | Ask for help from above |
| 37% | SOCIOPATH | 9 | Person with no empathy at all for others |
| 37% | SOS | 3 | Call for help from a ship |
| 37% | SOS | 3 | Call for help from the ocean |
| 36% | ARO | 3 | One with no loving attraction to others, for short |
| 36% | PRAYER | 6 | A solemn request for help or guidance from God |
| 36% | INUIT | 5 | Understand there's no time for one from Canada |
| 36% | IHAVETO | 7 | "There's no other choice for me" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | SOS | 3 | Call for help from a ship: Abbr. |
| 35% | VOLUNTEER | 9 | One who gives up time for free to help others |
| 35% | CAMO | 4 | Clothing that helps a hunter hide from deer, for short |
| 35% | PHD | 3 | Academic honor for Woodrow Wilson (and no other U.S. president) |
| 34% | HEARTBREAKER | 12 | 1999 No. 1 hit song for Mariah Carey from her album "Rainbow" |
| 34% | HEDWIG | 6 | Gift that Harry Potter received from Rubeus Hagrid for his 11th birthday |