| 100% | NEARS | 5 | Approaches close to something (3rd person present) |
| 41% | MAYOR | 5 | Person presenting the Key to the City |
| 41% | INTIMATE | 8 | Very close to another person |
| 40% | ASTUDENT | 8 | Person close to 100? |
| 40% | CHUM | 4 | Person close to you |
| 40% | SUMMON | 6 | To order a person to be present |
| 39% | ENCODER | 7 | Person with something to hide |
| 39% | PROXIMAL | 8 | Something closer to the torso |
| 39% | AORTAS | 6 | Vessels that are close to people's hearts |
| 39% | BARTAB | 6 | Something to close before closing time |
| 39% | PAGETURNER | 10 | Something that's hard to close? |
| 39% | NEAR | 4 | Something close to home, not far |
| 39% | CAPABLE | 7 | Person with potential to do something |
| 39% | BAE | 3 | Person to do something romantic for |
| 39% | MORALEBOOSTER | 13 | Something to lift people's spirits |
| 38% | SILENTL | 7 | Something close to a colonel's heart? |
| 38% | UMBRELLA | 8 | Something to share with a close friend? |
| 38% | BAIL | 4 | Something an arrested person tries to "make" |
| 38% | SAUK | 4 | People with close ties to the Meskwaki |
| 38% | FRI | 3 | Something many people look forward to: Abbr. |
| 38% | DAWN | 4 | Something that people like to see break |
| 38% | HOTPOTATO | 9 | Something people would prefer to pass on |
| 38% | BAT | 3 | Something done close to home |
| 37% | INCENTIVE | 9 | Something that motivates a person to do something |
| 37% | MEMORIAL | 8 | Something to preserve the memory of a person |
| 37% | RATER | 5 | Person deciding how many stars to give something |
| 37% | FLYBY | 5 | Close approach of a spacecraft to a planet |
| 37% | INTRODUCE | 9 | Present two people to each other by name |
| 37% | RECEIVED | 8 | To have been given or presented with something |
| 37% | TIE | 3 | Something twisted to keep a bread bag closed |