| 100% | KEEPYOURSHIRTON | 15 | Good advice for an impatient person / Bad advice for a Chippendales dancer |
| 69% | DONTHAVEACOWMAN | 15 | Good advice for an angry person / Bad advice for a novice dairy farmer |
| 53% | JUSTBEYOURSELF | 14 | Good advice for a nervous public speaker / Bad advice for an impersonator |
| 47% | SAVEYOURBREATH | 14 | Good advice for a complainer / Bad advice for someone blowing out birthday candles |
| 44% | BRIEFOUTLINE | 12 | Good for an attorney, bad for a Spandex model |
| 43% | SHORTCIRCUIT | 12 | Good for a mail carrier, bad for an electrician |
| 43% | BITE | 4 | Something good for an angler, bad for a dog trainer |
| 39% | ZEST | 4 | An enthusiastic person has ___ for life (a word that rhymes with best) |
| 38% | XXXXXXXXXX | 10 | Good role for a nitpicky person |
| 38% | TWINKLETOES | 11 | Nickname for a good dancer |
| 37% | LIZAMINNELLI | 12 | Actress who won an Oscar for Best Actress for "Cabaret" and a Worst Actress Razzie Award for "Rent-a-Cop": 2 wds. |
| 36% | EDITWHERE | 9 | With 40-Across, good advice for correcting a manuscript? |
| 36% | AUCTION | 7 | An event where people bid on goods |
| 35% | BREAKTHROUGH | 12 | Good for a scientist, bad for a roofer |
| 35% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | Actress who won an Oscar for Best Actress for "The Blind Side" and a Worst Actress Razzie Award for "All About Steve": 2 wds. |
| 35% | PHONYBOOKIE | 11 | Bad person for a gambler to make bets with? |
| 35% | NICOLEKIDMAN | 12 | Actress who won an Oscar for Best Actress for "The Hours" and a Worst Screen Couple Razzie Award with Will Ferrell for "Bewitched": 2 wds. |
| 35% | NOTHINGTODECLARE | 16 | Good for a returning traveler, bad for a bridge player |
| 35% | THIRDDEGREE | 11 | Good for a doctoral student, bad for a crime suspect |
| 35% | CENTERSPREAD | 12 | Good for a magazine writer, bad for a couch potato |
| 35% | FALLINGSTAR | 11 | Good for a wish maker, bad for a Hollywood agent |
| 35% | OVERCOMPENSATION | 16 | Good for a wage earner, bad for a tightrope walker |
| 35% | FLAT | 4 | Good for a bike route, bad for a bike tire |
| 34% | PROJECTRUNAWAY | 14 | Bad person to get paired with for a class assignment? |
| 34% | TEMP | 4 | Person who works in an office for a short time |
| 34% | BURN | 4 | Slow ___, phrase for a patient person becoming slowly impatient |
| 34% | OWEN | 4 | Apt name for a person with an outstanding bill |
| 34% | PRO | 3 | Good person to turn to for advice |
| 34% | FOX | 3 | "___ in the henhouse," phrase for an untrustworthy person with a "sly" animal in it |
| 33% | PASSTHETGTEST | 13 | Convince people you're a person, for an A.I. |