| 100% | CHATEAULAFEET | 13 | French wine made the old-fashioned way? |
| 59% | CHURN | 5 | Make butter the old-fashioned way |
| 59% | EARN | 4 | Make money the old-fashioned way |
| 52% | EARN | 4 | Acquire "the old fashioned way" |
| 52% | HANDWASH | 8 | Launder the old-fashioned way |
| 52% | HANDRUB | 7 | Polish the old-fashioned way |
| 52% | HANDDYE | 7 | Color the old-fashioned way |
| 52% | EARN | 4 | "They make money the old-fashioned way. They ___ it" (old ad slogan) |
| 52% | EARN | 4 | "They make money the old-fashioned way. They ___ it" (1980s ad slogan) |
| 52% | EARNIT | 6 | "The old-fashioned way" to make money, in an old ad |
| 50% | BLEST | 5 | Given benediction, the old-fashioned way |
| 50% | HOE | 3 | Whack weeds the old-fashioned way |
| 49% | EARNIT | 6 | How to make money "the old-fashioned way" |
| 49% | EARNIT | 6 | "The old-fashioned way" to make money, per an old Smith Barney ad (2 wds.) |
| 48% | SNAILMAILS | 10 | Sends the old-fashioned way, as a letter |
| 47% | PASTEONATRUESTORY | 17 | Lay out some newspaper copy the old-fashioned way? |
| 46% | DOWDY | 5 | Old-fashioned in the way one dresses |
| 44% | TAINT | 5 | Old fashioned way to say "It isn't" |
| 43% | ROTHSCHILD | 10 | French wine-making family which partnered with Robert Mondavi to create the Opus One Winery |
| 43% | TABLEHOPS | 9 | Makes the rounds, in a way |
| 43% | MISDIAL | 7 | Make the wrong call, in a way |
| 43% | PERMS | 5 | Makes the hair wavy, in a way |
| 42% | EARN | 4 | Acquire "the old-fashioned way" |
| 42% | SOAVE | 5 | Wine made from the Garganega grape |
| 41% | ASTI | 4 | Wine made from the moscato bianco grape |
| 41% | RUE | 3 | The French way? |
| 40% | ACIDWASH | 8 | Make look old, in a way |
| 40% | GRASPATSTRAWS | 13 | Old fashioned leggings are in -- try for the impossible!? |
| 40% | BORDEAUX | 8 | French wine region on either bank of the Gironde |
| 40% | TOULOUSE | 8 | The oldest kitten in the Aristocats; a French city |