| 100% | PARER | 5 | Gadget for someone on K.P. duty |
| 56% | PARER | 5 | Tool for someone on KP duty |
| 44% | REIN | 4 | Strap for someone on horseback |
| 44% | TRIPSITTER | 10 | Supervisor for someone on shrooms |
| 43% | SKIPARKA | 8 | Protection for someone on the run? |
| 43% | PAROLE | 6 | Out for someone on the inside |
| 43% | COAL | 4 | Gift for someone on the Naughty List |
| 41% | GIFT | 4 | Something you'd buy for someone on their birthday |
| 40% | RESERVETANK | 11 | *Need for someone running on empty |
| 40% | OPAL | 4 | Birthstone for someone born on Halloween |
| 39% | REUP | 4 | Sign on for another tour of duty |
| 39% | ENLIST | 6 | Sign on for a tour of duty |
| 39% | SIR | 3 | Title for someone tapped on the shoulders? |
| 39% | NOEL | 4 | Apt name for someone born on Christmas |
| 39% | NOELLE | 6 | Apt name for someone born on Christmas |
| 39% | NOEL | 4 | Good name for someone born on Dec. 25 |
| 39% | LEO | 3 | Zodiac sign for someone born on August 1 |
| 39% | SPY | 3 | Job for someone like Carrie Mathison on "Homeland" |
| 39% | PROPOSE | 7 | Ask for someone's hand on one knee |
| 38% | HANDLE | 6 | The lingo for someone's username URL on Twitter |
| 38% | LAPTOP | 6 | Device for someone getting work done on a flight |
| 38% | ICES | 4 | Hides a bottle for someone to stumble on, say |
| 38% | BEHALF | 6 | For the good of, on __ of someone |
| 37% | PLY | 3 | Exert pressure on someone for information |
| 37% | IMED | 4 | Contacted someone on one's "Buddy List" on AOL, for short |
| 37% | WFH | 3 | Letters for someone wearing pajama pants on a Zoom call, perhaps |
| 36% | COMP | 4 | Workers' ___ (money for someone who was injured on the job, for short) |
| 36% | REP | 3 | Someone who speaks on behalf of an organization, for short |
| 36% | REUP | 4 | Sign on, as for another tour of duty |
| 36% | REUP | 4 | Sign on for another tour of duty: Hyph. |