| 100% | SHOPS | 5 | Buys something, as grocery or clothes |
| 62% | SHOPS | 5 | Buys groceries or clothes, say |
| 62% | SHOP | 4 | Buy groceries or clothes, say |
| 42% | TRYON | 5 | Test before buying, as clothes |
| 40% | TEMPLATE | 8 | Something that establishes or serves as a pattern |
| 40% | NAB | 3 | Seize something or someone, such as a thief |
| 39% | CUE | 3 | Take ___ from (do as suggested by someone or something) |
| 39% | MAR | 3 | Deface or vandalize something, as with graffiti |
| 38% | THAW | 4 | To unfreeze something, or warm it slowly as in winter |
| 38% | SAFETYPIN | 9 | Symbol of punk, worn in clothing or as a piercing |
| 38% | BEDRAGGLE | 9 | To make something limp or dirty, as with rain or mud |
| 37% | PARASITE | 8 | Something that lives off of other things, such as a leech or a tapeworm |
| 37% | SOIL | 4 | Make dirty, or something that may make a gardener's clothes dirty |
| 37% | INKIN | 5 | Fully blacken something, or finalize as with a comic strip: 2 wds. |
| 36% | STALE | 5 | When something is old or outdated, as with bread |
| 36% | SACRED | 6 | Something set apart as holy or to be worshipped |
| 35% | PROWL | 5 | Rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey or something to steal |
| 35% | STORE | 5 | Grocery or boutique |
| 35% | USS | 3 | Something that precedes Gerald R. Ford or John F. Kennedy, as far as the navy is concerned |
| 34% | METONYM | 7 | Example or attribute of something used to represent the whole, as "sword" for "military power" |
| 34% | ALTERED | 7 | Modify something such as to change the size, shape or style of a dress (past) |
| 34% | ACTIVITY | 8 | Something to do, such as swimming or painting |
| 34% | SLAG | 4 | Something left over from the Bessemer process that could be used in fertilizer or as a cement additive |
| 34% | SELFGIFT | 8 | Buy something just for you |
| 33% | ETCH | 4 | To write something down, or a popular toy known as the ___-a-sketch |
| 33% | BAGGED | 6 | Packed, as groceries |
| 33% | UNBAG | 5 | Extract, as groceries |
| 33% | CLAD | 4 | Dressed or clothed |
| 33% | APPAREL | 7 | Attire or clothing |
| 33% | CREDENCE | 8 | Belief in or acceptance of something as true |