| 100% | SLEEPEASY | 9 | Have a guilt-free conscience, so to speak |
| 61% | MOVETHENEEDLE | 13 | Have a noticeable impact, so to speak |
| 61% | CRAZY | 5 | Having a screw loose, so to speak |
| 59% | CRASS | 5 | Having a sailor's mouth, so to speak |
| 52% | THEBIGTIME | 10 | What A-listers have hit, so to speak |
| 48% | WALK | 4 | Go free, so to speak |
| 48% | DENT | 4 | A little progress, so to speak |
| 48% | FIVE | 4 | A short rest, so to speak |
| 48% | SPAT | 4 | Have words, so to speak |
| 48% | LAST | 4 | Have legs, so to speak |
| 48% | ATE | 3 | Had something, so to speak |
| 48% | LASTS | 5 | Has legs, so to speak |
| 48% | LASTED | 6 | Had legs, so to speak |
| 48% | THREE | 5 | A crowd, so to speak |
| 48% | DONEANDDUSTED | 13 | A wrap, so to speak |
| 47% | BIGLY | 5 | To a great extent, so to speak |
| 47% | LOVES | 5 | Has it bad for, so to speak |
| 47% | ZILCH | 5 | A big goose egg, so to speak |
| 47% | ASEASYASABC | 11 | A piece of cake, so to speak |
| 47% | SMEE | 4 | "Man who stabbed, so to speak, without offence," in a 1911 novel |
| 47% | GAB | 3 | Having a gift of this allows one to speak well |
| 46% | EXTRAINNINGS | 12 | *Free baseball, so to speak |
| 46% | EAT | 3 | Take a loss on, so to speak |
| 46% | CARE | 4 | Give a flying leap, so to speak |
| 46% | TASTEIT | 7 | Anticipate a near success, so to speak |
| 44% | UPATREE | 7 | Having no way out, so to speak: 3 wds. |
| 44% | EATCROW | 7 | Admit a mistake, so to speak |
| 44% | URGE | 4 | Give a nudge, so to speak |
| 44% | PHONED | 6 | Dropped a dime, so to speak |
| 44% | DIRTCHEAP | 9 | For a song, so to speak |