| 100% | BIC | 3 | Company with back-to-school buys |
| 61% | EDU | 3 | Back to school? |
| 58% | CHANEL | 6 | Perfume company with interlocking back-to-back Cs |
| 58% | SEP | 3 | Back to school mo. for many |
| 58% | SEPTS | 5 | Back to school months, for short |
| 54% | AUG | 3 | Time to buy back-to-school supplies: Abbr. |
| 54% | TONS | 4 | Not going back to school a great deal |
| 54% | SIEMENS | 7 | Company with longtime links to Westinghouse |
| 53% | YAMS | 4 | May go back to school for something to eat |
| 53% | SEPT | 4 | Month when many students go back to school: Abbr. |
| 53% | SASSED | 6 | Talked back to with 'tude |
| 53% | SASS | 4 | Talk back to with attitude |
| 53% | SASS | 4 | Talk back to, with attitude |
| 52% | OTIS | 4 | Company with the slogan "Made to move you" |
| 52% | CLASSMATE | 9 | Someone you went to school with |
| 52% | REDO | 4 | Go back to square one with |
| 52% | SASS | 4 | Talk back to with attitude, say |
| 51% | REDEEM | 6 | Get back to mere problem with journalist |
| 51% | RETHINK | 7 | Go back to the drawing board with |
| 50% | IBM | 3 | Company with the slogan "Let's put smart to work" |
| 50% | STYE | 4 | School yet to deal with inflammation |
| 50% | STYE | 4 | School yet to deal with infection |
| 50% | STYE | 4 | School yet to deal with swelling |
| 49% | CISCO | 5 | Tech company with slogan "Welcome to the human network" |
| 49% | RSVPS | 5 | Gets back to a host with an answer, informally |
| 49% | STYE | 4 | School head yet to deal with inflammation |
| 49% | DEBTALF | 7 | ... Looking back on it, it's weird the rental company was named ___. What does an ET owing money have to do with trucks?
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| 48% | TABLETOP | 8 | Yoga pose on all fours with back parallel to floor |
| 48% | WRONG | 5 | With 2-Down, bad thing to back, idiomatically |
| 48% | CLOSE | 5 | With 47-Across, get the buyer to buy |