| 100% | POLICEDOG | 9 | Canine who works with the constabulary |
| 59% | LABOURER | 8 | One who works with the hands, Brit. spelling |
| 58% | DENTIST | 7 | One who works with canines |
| 57% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Beckham, former footballer who worked with the fashion brand Kent & Curwen |
| 57% | DENTIST | 7 | Person who works with canines (and molars) |
| 54% | OLSEN | 5 | Jimmy ___ (character who works with Clark Kent at the Daily Planet) |
| 50% | JOHNMALKOVICH | 13 | "Eleni" star who worked with Steven Spielberg in "Empire Of The Sun" in 1987: 2 wds. |
| 50% | NYE | 3 | Ben ___, prosthetic make-up artist who worked on "Gone with the Wind" |
| 48% | KNEADS | 6 | Works with the hands |
| 48% | KNEAD | 5 | Work with the hands |
| 48% | ARRANGE | 7 | Work with the flowers |
| 48% | CHEW | 4 | Work with the teeth |
| 47% | GOLDBERG | 8 | "Burglar" star who worked with Steven Spielberg in "The Color Purple", Whoopi __ |
| 46% | KNEADS | 6 | Works with the hands, like dough |
| 46% | KNEAD | 5 | Work with the hands, as dough |
| 46% | FRONTOFHOUSE | 12 | Restaurant or theater staffers who work with patrons, or where the starts of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across can be found? |
| 45% | POET | 4 | One who works with feet |
| 45% | PEWTERER | 8 | Artisan who works with metal |
| 45% | ROADIE | 6 | One who works with speakers? |
| 45% | APIARIST | 8 | One who works with combs |
| 45% | DRE | 3 | "Dr." who works with Eminem |
| 45% | SKATER | 6 | Person who works with figures |
| 45% | SKATER | 6 | One who works with figures? |
| 45% | MECHANIC | 8 | Person who works with dipsticks |
| 45% | MASON | 5 | One who works with bricks |
| 45% | STONEMASON | 10 | Artisan who works with rocks |
| 45% | TANNER | 6 | Person who works with leather |
| 45% | VENTRILOQUIST | 13 | Performer who works with dummies? |
| 45% | SPY | 3 | Person who works with bugs? |
| 45% | MASON | 5 | Person who works with brick |