| 100% | PUSH | 4 | Hard work before a deadline |
| 58% | TIMECRUNCH | 10 | Period right before a deadline |
| 58% | LASTMINUTE | 10 | Time right before a deadline |
| 58% | TIMECRUNCH | 10 | *Dwindling hours before a deadline |
| 55% | DUEBY | 5 | Words before a deadline |
| 55% | UNTIL | 5 | Word before a deadline |
| 55% | TIL | 3 | Word before a deadline |
| 54% | CRUNCHTIME | 10 | Period before a big deadline |
| 51% | DUE | 3 | "When's that paper ___?" (question before a deadline) |
| 51% | PERIOD | 6 | Notice __; time to work before a contract ends |
| 51% | SLOGAN | 6 | Hard work, getting a new catchphrase |
| 51% | SLOGAN | 6 | Hard work, getting a new jingle |
| 51% | SLOGAN | 6 | Hard work, getting a new motto |
| 50% | SLOGAN | 6 | Hard work getting a new catch phrase |
| 49% | AGENT | 5 | Influential figure before a trade deadline |
| 48% | HUSTLE | 6 | Work hard for a goal |
| 48% | ATIT | 4 | Working hard on a job |
| 47% | CRAM | 4 | Study hard right before a test |
| 47% | CRAM | 4 | Study hard just before a test |
| 46% | ATTAINED | 8 | Obtained, through hard work, as a rank |
| 46% | CRAM | 4 | Study hard right before a big test |
| 45% | ELF | 3 | One working hard before the holidays |
| 45% | EARN | 4 | Work hard for, as a salary |
| 44% | REST | 4 | Sleep after a hard day's work |
| 44% | HAZE | 4 | The night before, to a hard partier? |
| 43% | DRPEPPERSPRAY | 13 | Result of shaking a soda too hard before opening? |
| 42% | ETHIC | 5 | Have a strong work ___ (try hard at one's job) |
| 40% | WITHDRAWSDEPOSITS | 17 | A hard-working coal miner ___ |
| 40% | AGAINSTTHECLOCK | 15 | Work __ (strive to meet a deadline) |
| 40% | EARNONESSPURS | 13 | Gain a position by hard work |