| 100% | POOR | 4 | As ___ as a church mouse (short of money) |
| 99% | POOR | 4 | As ___ as a church mouse (extremely short of money) |
| 62% | POOR | 4 | As ___ as a church mouse |
| 54% | PEAL | 4 | Ringing of bells, as from a church tower |
| 53% | MEASLY | 6 | Pathetically tiny, as a sum of money |
| 52% | OUTFLOW | 7 | Movement of a large proportion, as of money |
| 52% | TITHE | 5 | Donation of money to a church |
| 52% | CAMEINTO | 8 | Inherited, as a lot of money |
| 51% | AGT | 3 | Short form of a person who acts as a representative |
| 51% | IOU | 3 | A document that is used as proof of money owed |
| 51% | BLURB | 5 | Short description, as of a book |
| 50% | SIMILE | 6 | Literary method of comparison: as quiet as a mouse |
| 50% | TITHE | 5 | Give 1/10 of your money to a church |
| 50% | BUDGET | 6 | Amount of money set aside as a maximum spend |
| 49% | REPO | 4 | Seized car as a consequence of non-payment, for short |
| 49% | MADEBANK | 8 | Earned lots of money in a short time: 2 wds. |
| 49% | SYNOD | 5 | Council of a church such as the — of Whitby in 664 |
| 49% | RAKEIN | 6 | Earn tons of, as a large sum of money (2 wds.) |
| 48% | SCARESUP | 8 | Somehow manages to put together, as a sum of money: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CARB | 4 | A food type often cut out of diets, as with Low-___ diets, for short |
| 47% | HARDUP | 6 | Short of money |
| 47% | SHY | 3 | Short of money |
| 47% | CASHSTRAPPED | 12 | Short of money |
| 46% | TTDEE | 5 | Short composition for one instrument intended as an exercise for the improvement of a performer’s technique |
| 45% | DOUBLE | 6 | "A ___ Barrelled Detective Story," short story by Mark Twain that was written as a parody of Sherlock Holmes |
| 45% | HON | 3 | Short for honey (as a form of address) |
| 45% | EARTH | 5 | Picture of ___, first image of our planet taken as a short time-lapse video from outer space |
| 44% | TREASURY | 8 | A government's store of money |
| 44% | OWE | 3 | Be short of money |
| 44% | NOTALLTHERE | 11 | A few bricks short of a load |