| 100% | SETATRAP | 8 | Attempt to ensnare, with "for" |
| 74% | MADEARUN | 8 | Attempted to win, with "for" |
| 61% | STAB | 4 | Attempt to wound with knife |
| 60% | CHATS | 5 | Attempts to befriend, with "up" |
| 59% | TRY | 3 | Attempt to make the team, with "out" |
| 53% | BRO | 3 | Sibling to wrestle with, for short |
| 52% | SELL | 4 | To exchange something with someone in return for money |
| 52% | NUDISTCAMP | 10 | Place for people with nothing to hide? |
| 52% | MATHEXAMS | 9 | Tests for students with something to prove? |
| 52% | GROPE | 5 | To feel around for; rhymes with mope |
| 51% | STARTERS | 8 | For __, to begin with |
| 51% | CEDE | 4 | To give up possession of something, with territory for example |
| 51% | EARLY | 5 | With 1-Down, good thing to have for a tornado |
| 51% | SUCH | 4 | Another way to say for example, with as |
| 50% | OPT | 3 | To choose, with "for" |
| 50% | RICHARD | 7 | With 38-Across, exercise guru known for "Sweatin' to the Oldies" |
| 50% | SNOW | 4 | With 19-Across, place for kids to play in the winter |
| 50% | OVERTIME | 8 | It's for those with a score to settle |
| 50% | COBBLE | 6 | Prefix with "stone" to mean building material for roads |
| 50% | ANANIAS | 7 | Killed with his wife for lying to St. Peter |
| 50% | DIPSTICK | 8 | Rod with notches to indicate depth, used for oil |
| 50% | ASSIEGE | 7 | Old term for surrounding with an army to takeover |
| 50% | PONCHO | 6 | Shawl with opening for head, worn to keep warm |
| 50% | PHONYBOOKIE | 11 | Bad person for a gambler to make bets with? |
| 49% | WES | 3 | "How to Get Away with Murder" role for Alfred Enoch |
| 49% | DYSTOPIC | 8 | Relating to a state with very bad conditions for people |
| 49% | DEBT | 4 | Financial burden for college grads with student loans to repay |
| 49% | CARTE | 5 | Goes with blanche for a free pass to do anything |
| 49% | POLYAMORY | 9 | Practice for someone with a lot of love to give? |
| 49% | LAND | 4 | Prefix with "fill" to mean an area for garbage disposal |