| 100% | REDO | 4 | Get a new color scheme for, as a bedroom |
| 49% | REFI | 4 | Get a new mortgage, for short |
| 48% | RELET | 5 | Get a new tenant for |
| 48% | RECAST | 6 | Get a new actor for |
| 48% | REMAN | 5 | Get a new crew for |
| 48% | RELET | 5 | Got a new tenant for |
| 48% | RECASTS | 7 | Gets a new player for |
| 47% | GOAT | 4 | Got a new parent for kid |
| 46% | REDO | 4 | Give a new look to, as a bedroom |
| 46% | AVENGE | 6 | Get satisfaction for, as a wrong |
| 46% | CASHED | 6 | Got money for, as a check |
| 45% | INSURE | 6 | Get a policy, as for a car |
| 45% | REHOME | 6 | Find a new adopter for, as a pet |
| 44% | RESCORES | 8 | Produces new music for, as a movie |
| 44% | REFINANCE | 9 | Arrange new terms for, as a loan |
| 44% | TOOLUP | 6 | Get ready for production, as a factory |
| 43% | ASAGIFT | 7 | "She got a new car ___ for her 16th birthday": 3 wds. |
| 43% | REGIFTS | 7 | Finds a new home for, as an unwanted present |
| 43% | TESTBED | 7 | Experimental setting, as for a new initiative |
| 43% | RESOIL | 6 | Prepare for new planting, as a garden |
| 42% | ACCENT | 6 | __ color, used for emphasis in a room's scheme |
| 42% | KICKSTART | 9 | Get going, as an old motorcycle or a new company |
| 42% | RECUT | 5 | Edit for a new release, as a movie |
| 42% | EDIT | 4 | Mark up for correction, as a news story |
| 42% | ORCA | 4 | Whale with the same color scheme as a crossword |
| 42% | DRESS | 5 | Get ready, as for a fancy dinner |
| 40% | SWAPOUT | 7 | Exchange, as an old piece of equipment for a new one |
| 40% | TRADEDIN | 8 | Exchanged, as an older car for a newer model: 2 wds. |
| 40% | WARMEDUP | 8 | Got ready, as for a dance class (2 wds.) |
| 40% | ONES | 4 | You get five as change for a five |