| 100% | TEMP | 4 | Fill-in from an agency, informally |
| 80% | TEMP | 4 | Fill-in from an agency |
| 69% | BURN | 4 | Terminate from an agency, in spy lingo |
| 56% | TEMP | 4 | Worker from an agency |
| 54% | SAND | 4 | Filling in an hourglass |
| 53% | PULLSACAANJOB | 13 | Fills in for an actor? |
| 52% | PRO | 3 | Far from an amateur, informally |
| 51% | TEMPJOB | 7 | Gig from an employment agency |
| 51% | EDMURROW | 8 | Broadcaster who headed the United States Information Agency from 1961-64 and was awarded an honorary KBE in 1964 |
| 50% | ITSAPLANE | 9 | Cry from an onlooker in Metropolis |
| 50% | YEN | 3 | Currency from an ATM in Tokyo |
| 50% | YEN | 3 | Currency from an ATM in Kyoto |
| 50% | EMBANK | 6 | Protect from an overflow, in a way |
| 50% | MOO | 3 | Sound from an animal in a dairy |
| 50% | USVISA | 6 | Issuance from an American embassy, in brief |
| 48% | SHEEPSKIN | 9 | Leather and fleece from an ovine used in coats |
| 48% | UNEARNED | 8 | Like a run scored from an error, in baseball |
| 48% | CLUTTERED | 9 | Filled with things in an untidy way |
| 48% | RAVIOLI | 7 | Filled pasta pockets in an Italian restaurant |
| 48% | ABOUTIT | 7 | In support of an idea, informally |
| 47% | RAID | 4 | Surprise action by an agency in power or a government |
| 47% | HELEN | 5 | Beauty who was born from an egg, in Greek myth |
| 46% | SHH | 3 | Sound from an irritated rider in an Amtrak quiet car, maybe |
| 46% | CORNCOBPIPE | 11 | It's made from an ear and put in the mouth |
| 46% | NOMS | 4 | List in an actor's résumé, informally |
| 46% | OILFILTER | 9 | Separates solids from lubricants in an engine |
| 46% | ANCHOR | 6 | Sheet __, dropped from ships in an emergency |
| 45% | CERES | 5 | It was upgraded from an asteroid to a dwarf planet in 2006 |
| 45% | IRA | 3 | An early withdrawal from this incurs a penalty, in brief |
| 44% | SUBS | 4 | Fill-ins, informally |