| 100% | SORENESS | 8 | Curlers may have to deal with it |
| 65% | ACTOR | 5 | Person who may have to deal with long lines |
| 65% | TAROTDECK | 9 | What a fortune teller might have to deal with? |
| 59% | TSA | 3 | It has to deal with a lot of baggage, for short |
| 52% | BELT | 4 | A loser may have to tighten it |
| 51% | BETTERYOUTHANME | 15 | "Glad I didn't have to deal with that!" |
| 51% | REENTER | 7 | ... you may have to ___ it |
| 50% | TSA | 3 | Org. that has to deal with a lot of baggage |
| 49% | REBATE | 6 | You may have to send for it |
| 49% | ANTE | 4 | You have to be upfront with it |
| 49% | TEA | 3 | You might have a ball with it |
| 49% | STOCKINGCAP | 11 | You might have a ball with it |
| 49% | DESK | 4 | You might have to work on it |
| 49% | CPR | 3 | A lifeguard might have to perform it: Abbr. |
| 49% | AREA | 4 | You might have to find it in geometry |
| 49% | CARLESS | 7 | Like one who might have to hoof it |
| 48% | TUB | 3 | It may have a ring to it |
| 48% | EAR | 3 | It may have a ring to it |
| 48% | EAR | 3 | What may have a ring to it? |
| 47% | JAR | 3 | You might have to hit its bottom to unscrew its top |
| 46% | COLOGNE | 7 | Something you may have to douse yourself with after a close shave |
| 46% | WBA | 3 | Initialism that might have a ring to it? |
| 46% | PROPOSAL | 8 | Question that might have a ring to it? |
| 45% | CROQUET | 7 | Alice had to play it with flamingos as mallets |
| 45% | QANTAS | 6 | It may have a berth to Perth |
| 45% | STEEPLE | 7 | It may have a cross to bear |
| 45% | CENTIPEDE | 9 | It may have up to 354 legs |
| 45% | ZEBRA | 5 | Animal that might have evolved its stripes to deter flies |
| 45% | INN | 3 | It may have a room with a view |
| 44% | TAG | 3 | It may come with a price to pay |