| 100% | LAYERED | 7 | Early work by journalist working on different levels |
| 44% | COMPARATIVELITERATURE | 21 | Course on written works across different cultures, attended by German car salesmen |
| 38% | PECKAWAYAT | 10 | Work on little by little |
| 37% | SPEC | 4 | Something journalists may work on |
| 36% | SPEC | 4 | Something a journalist may work on |
| 36% | OPPRESSED | 9 | Stifled work by reporters and journalist |
| 36% | LISPS | 5 | Sounds worked on by speech therapists |
| 35% | HOTDESK | 7 | Workstation shared by employees on different shifts |
| 35% | TEC | 3 | He works on a case by case basis |
| 35% | KNOT | 4 | Tight spot worked on by a massage therapist |
| 34% | SPEC | 4 | What many journalists (and some crossword constructors) work on |
| 34% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John musical based on a work by Verdi |
| 33% | COLLAGE | 7 | Work of art made by sticking different materials |
| 32% | SHORTCUTS | 9 | Robert Altman 1993 comedy-drama film based on works by Raymond Carver |
| 32% | MOP | 3 | ___-tops (hairstyles worn by the Beatles early on) |
| 32% | MIXTAPE | 7 | Multiple songs by different groups on a cassette |
| 31% | HEARTSIN | 8 | 2001 film drama starring Anthony Hopkins based on a 1999 work by Stephen King |
| 31% | ALMAGEST | 8 | The —, 2nd-century work on astronomy compiled by Ptolemy that contains a star catalogue |
| 30% | OKES | 4 | Nicholas —, English printer of some early editions of works by William Shakespeare and John Webster |
| 30% | MODERN | 6 | Museum of ___ Art, NYC museum where Shigetaka Kurita's early work on emoticons is displayed |
| 30% | DARWIN | 6 | Charles —, author of 1859 scientific work On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection |
| 30% | SCHEHERAZADE | 12 | 1888 musical work by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov based on the collection One Thousand and One Nights |
| 29% | SLEUTH | 6 | Person working on a case-by-case basis |
| 29% | THEPILGRIMS | 11 | "___ Progress," book by John Bunyan which he worked on while in the Bedfordshire county prison: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MORTY | 5 | ___ Seinfeld, Jerry's father who was played by two different actors on "Seinfeld" |
| 29% | PREQUEL | 7 | Early work? |
| 29% | HONES | 5 | Works on |
| 29% | CAJOLED | 7 | Worked on |
| 29% | DOES | 4 | Works on |