| 100% | RET | 3 | Finally done with working for a living: Abbr. |
| 59% | RET | 3 | No longer working for a living: Abbr. |
| 54% | RET | 3 | No longer working for a living (abbr.) |
| 48% | RETIRED | 7 | No longer working for a living |
| 46% | NARRATES | 8 | Does voice work for a documentary, say |
| 46% | RET | 3 | Like someone no longer working for a living, for short |
| 43% | EKE | 3 | Make do with a living |
| 41% | ACT | 3 | Work with a scene partner, for example |
| 40% | GPA | 3 | 4.0, for a student with straight A's: Abbr. |
| 40% | UNWINDS | 7 | Goes for a beer with your buddies after work, say |
| 40% | NMI | 3 | Abbr. for someone with a two-letter monogram |
| 40% | ENQUIRE | 7 | Do reporter's work for a certain tabloid? |
| 40% | RAP | 3 | What Eminem does for a living |
| 40% | JOB | 3 | What you do for a living |
| 40% | RAPS | 4 | What Eminem does for a living |
| 40% | WRITE | 5 | What novelists do for a living |
| 40% | ACT | 3 | What 13a does for a living |
| 40% | HDTV | 4 | Living room set with a really clear picture: Abbr. |
| 40% | DET | 3 | One working with a 23-Down: Abbr. |
| 39% | REP | 3 | Title for a member of Congress with a two-year term: Abbr. |
| 39% | NMI | 3 | Abbr. for someone with just a first and last name |
| 39% | NMI | 3 | Abbr. for someone with only a first and last name |
| 39% | CARTE | 5 | Goes with blanche for a free pass to do anything |
| 39% | GALILEO | 7 | Early astronomer known for work with a telescope |
| 39% | PRO | 3 | ___ bono (like work a lawyer does for free) |
| 38% | CROCHET | 7 | Yarn work done by making loops with a hook |
| 38% | LAPTOP | 6 | Device for someone getting work done on a flight |
| 38% | ATM | 3 | Robot banker with a 24/7 work hours: Abbr. |
| 38% | ACT | 3 | What Josh Holloway does for a living |
| 38% | ACT | 3 | What Javier Bardem does for a living |