| 100% | MER | 3 | “La ___” (Debussy work with an aquatic theme) |
| 50% | ODE | 3 | Work with an honoree |
| 50% | ODE | 3 | Work with an honoree? |
| 49% | AIDA | 4 | Work with an Ethiopian princess |
| 49% | MONALISA | 8 | Work with an intriguing smile |
| 47% | CAMERACREW | 10 | Ones working with an anchor |
| 47% | SAILOR | 6 | One working with an anchor |
| 47% | NEWSTEAM | 8 | Group working with an anchor |
| 46% | WATERWORLD | 10 | Common name for an aquatic theme park |
| 46% | GOFISH | 6 | Simple card game with an aquatic name |
| 46% | EDDA | 4 | Poetic work with an account of Ragnarok |
| 44% | STRUM | 5 | Work with a pick and an ax? |
| 42% | EMMA | 4 | Stone with an Oscar for "La La Land" |
| 41% | EMMA | 4 | Actress Stone with an Oscar for "La La Land" |
| 41% | OREO | 4 | Cookie with an Apple Pie à la Mode variety |
| 41% | HAMMER | 6 | Work (out) with effort, as an agreement |
| 40% | SEAWORLD | 8 | Aquatic theme park with locations in Orlando, San Diego, and San Antonio |
| 40% | RAULCASTRO | 10 | President with an office in the Palacio de la Revolucion |
| 40% | POKER | 5 | Game with an annual World Series held in Las Vegas |
| 40% | EPCOT | 5 | Theme park with an "Imagination!" pavilion |
| 39% | ANNE | 4 | “___ with an E” (TV series based on the works of Lucy Maud Montgomery) |
| 39% | THEARTOFWAR | 11 | Classic work with chapters titled "Attack by Stratagem" and "Maneuvering an Army" |
| 38% | BEAVERING | 9 | Working hard (like an aquatic rodent) |
| 38% | SEIZE | 5 | Stop working, as an engine, with "up" |
| 38% | JAWS | 4 | Movie with an iconic theme that starts with two alternating notes |
| 36% | VALSE | 5 | Ravel work, with "La" |
| 36% | MALIA | 5 | Obama who's shared an LA apartment with her sister Sasha |
| 36% | JULES | 5 | With 141-Down, author whose work is the basis of this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | OUTBOX | 6 | Where finished work goes ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | INBOX | 5 | Where work piles up ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |