| 100% | SUPPORT | 7 | A shoulder to lean on; to bear the weight |
| 57% | ARMREST | 7 | At the end of a sofa, to lean on |
| 54% | ATLAS | 5 | Mythological Titan who bore the weight of the heavens on his shoulders |
| 51% | PSST | 4 | Alternative to a tap on the shoulder |
| 51% | PSST | 4 | Verbal alternative to a tap on the shoulder |
| 49% | ONUS | 4 | A responsibility or load to bear. "The ___ is on you" |
| 49% | CRY | 3 | A shoulder to ___ on |
| 49% | SOLACED | 7 | Offered a shoulder to cry on, say |
| 48% | COUNSELS | 8 | Offers advice or a shoulder to cry on |
| 47% | UCLA | 4 | Sch. whose home football games used to include a live bear on the field |
| 45% | TICKLES | 7 | Uses a feather to bring on the giggles, say |
| 45% | FLUTTER | 7 | To bet on the horses, have a __ |
| 44% | ONEPIN | 6 | The first to go on a strike, usually |
| 44% | LAZARUS | 7 | The __ effect, based on a return to life |
| 44% | UNDO | 4 | To reverse the last command on a computer |
| 44% | EAST | 4 | The right way to go on a map? |
| 44% | NEEDALIFT | 9 | Question to one on the shoulder |
| 44% | BANDWAGON | 9 | To follow a trend is to "jump on the __" |
| 43% | TAP | 3 | A light touch, a ___ on the shoulder |
| 43% | TUBA | 4 | Heavy weight for a musician to bear? |
| 43% | HIKERS | 6 | Ones on a path to the top? |
| 43% | TAM | 3 | Alternate name for the traditional weight unit defined by "as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole", now fixed at 60 kilograms |
| 43% | STORYMODE | 9 | Video game setting that allows a player to focus on the narrative |
| 43% | GOODOMEN | 8 | A bird flying by on the right, to the Greeks |
| 43% | LENSCAP | 7 | A cover to protect the optical glass on a camera |
| 43% | ATLAS | 5 | Titan who bears the Earth on his shoulders |
| 43% | TAGS | 4 | Labels which bear the price on a garment |
| 43% | DEN | 3 | Spot for a bear to spend the winter |
| 43% | SCOTCHWITHABASSCHASER | 21 | Use a fisherman to put the kibosh on? |
| 43% | FRO | 3 | The opposite of to, as on a swing |