| 100% | EVIL | 4 | “Work is a necessary ___ to be avoided”: Mark Twain |
| 51% | GOLF | 4 | Sport that is "a good walk spoiled," according to Mark Twain |
| 51% | HUCKLEBERRY | 11 | "Adventures of ___ Finn," satirical novel written by Mark Twain which is a direct sequel to the "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" |
| 50% | JAIL | 4 | Destination to be avoided on a Monopoly board |
| 50% | SEGNO | 5 | Score mark indicating a passage to be repeated |
| 50% | THELASTPOETS | 12 | Black Nationalist spoken-word collective whose work was a precursor to hip-hop |
| 49% | SCAR | 4 | Mark where a piercing used to be |
| 49% | EMPLOYED | 8 | Was hired to work for a company |
| 49% | IDLE | 4 | A state where the person is without purpose or is avoiding work |
| 49% | MIRO | 4 | A Barcelona museum is dedicated to his work |
| 49% | KLEE | 4 | A Bern museum is dedicated to his works |
| 48% | STET | 4 | Editor's instruction to disregard a change that was previously marked |
| 48% | MALINGER | 8 | To pretend to be sick to avoid doing work |
| 48% | SCIMITAR | 8 | Mark takes one medium object to be a sword |
| 48% | DEE | 3 | Hardly a mark to be proud of |
| 47% | NETS | 4 | While working in a kitchen it is sometimes mandatory to wear hair___ |
| 47% | ADDENDA | 7 | A list of items to be added to written works |
| 47% | SIMON | 5 | First playwright to get a Mark Twain Prize |
| 46% | THECATTHATSITS | 14 | Start of a Mark Twain quote about jumping to conclusions |
| 45% | NONET | 5 | A chamber work by Louis Spohr was the first to bear this title |
| 45% | INTERNFAITH | 11 | Trust that a supervised job will lead to full-time work? |
| 45% | TWAIN | 5 | Mark ___, author of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" who was a neighbor to fellow author Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| 44% | SLID | 4 | Tried to avoid being tagged by a baseman |
| 44% | SLID | 4 | Tried to avoid being tagged on a basepath |
| 43% | JOB | 3 | Dream ___, work or company that you've wanted to be a part of forever! |
| 43% | THEFIREOFLIFE | 13 | Salman Rushdie's work, "Luka and ___," which is a sequel to "Haroun and the Sea of Stories": 4 wds. |
| 43% | FALL | 4 | "Hammer To ___," 1984 song by Queen which is a part of the album "The Works" |
| 42% | WOO | 3 | Be a suitor to |
| 42% | ABET | 4 | Be a party to |
| 42% | WAITON | 6 | Be a servant to |