| 100% | FREEPR | 6 | Having one's business mentioned in a news article, e.g. |
| 41% | VOTE | 4 | Have one's say, in a way |
| 40% | ROW | 3 | Have one's ducks in a ___ (be well prepared) |
| 40% | AREAMAN | 7 | Local, in a news article |
| 39% | BIAS | 4 | Unfair slant in a news article |
| 38% | LEDE | 4 | Opener in a news article (anagram of "leed") |
| 38% | ACTRESS | 7 | Performer in a one-woman show, e.g. |
| 38% | ODDS | 4 | One in a million, e.g. |
| 38% | COFOUNDER | 9 | Partner in a new business |
| 37% | SHOE | 4 | One in a pair of sneakers, e.g. |
| 37% | STEP | 4 | Have a spring in one's ___ |
| 36% | LEDE | 4 | Intro of a news article, in journalism lingo |
| 36% | AGONY | 5 | Having one's wisdom teeth pulled, e.g. |
| 36% | HOARSE | 6 | Having a frog in one's throat |
| 36% | ACHE | 4 | Have a hole in one's heart |
| 36% | RASPS | 5 | Has a frog in one's throat |
| 36% | OBSESS | 6 | Have a bee in one's bonnet |
| 36% | VOTE | 4 | Have one's say in the U.S.A. |
| 36% | STEP | 4 | Have a spring in one's ___ (be energetic) |
| 35% | OBIT | 4 | News item that often has a person's age in the headline |
| 35% | ASSET | 5 | A business might have one that's fixed |
| 35% | HMS | 3 | Abbr. in a G. & S. title |
| 35% | SYMPHONY | 8 | The oboe has a brief solo in Beethoven's fifth one |
| 35% | CRUST | 5 | A New York-style pizza has a thin one |
| 34% | VENTURE | 7 | ___ capital, money invested in a new business ... and something that involves 31a |
| 34% | PAW | 3 | Where the lion had a thorn, in one of Aesop's fables |
| 34% | ACTIONHERO | 10 | One-man wrecking crew in a movie, e.g. |
| 34% | UTILE | 5 | It's useful to draw one in Scrabble if you have a Q |
| 34% | TAB | 3 | You can open a new one in a browser |
| 34% | TAB | 3 | You might open a new one in your browser |