| 100% | TESTATE | 7 | Having the will to try tea out |
| 54% | TESTATE | 7 | Having the will to analyse final crate |
| 52% | HEIR | 4 | One who has the will to succeed |
| 52% | DARES | 5 | Has the courage to try |
| 52% | DAREDTO | 7 | Had the bravery to try |
| 52% | DARED | 5 | Had the courage to try |
| 47% | BACKFIRES | 9 | Has the opposite outcome to what was intended |
| 47% | OVER | 4 | (5/6) The issue has been diagnosed. With 46d, find out what needs to be done to fix the car! |
| 46% | LATENESS | 8 | Result of pushing things back, and what's spelled out by eight letters that have been literally pushed to the back |
| 46% | AFFORD | 6 | Have the funds to be able to pay for something |
| 46% | UPPERHAND | 9 | To have the __, be in an advantageous position |
| 46% | GUESSING | 8 | Trying to work out the answer |
| 45% | ONBAIL | 6 | Having paid to be out of jail |
| 45% | FRECKLED | 8 | Having been overexposed to the sun, maybe |
| 45% | UNTESTED | 8 | Still to be tried out |
| 44% | PITCH | 5 | It has the potential to be a hit |
| 44% | OVERSLEPT | 9 | Had to scramble to get out the door, perhaps |
| 44% | NOOSE | 5 | The loop it's best to be out of |
| 44% | ATTACKEDBYTHEPRESS | 18 | The candidate tried to cover it up and was ___ |
| 44% | BACKFIRE | 8 | To have the opposite effect of what was intended |
| 44% | ALITTLEPATIENT | 14 | "You have to be ___," said the pediatrician |
| 43% | SILVER | 6 | The kind of lining every cloud is said to have |
| 43% | EVERLY | 6 | The __ Brothers, sang All I Have to Do is Dream |
| 43% | ATHOME | 6 | Where one trying to score may be out |
| 43% | BELONGS | 7 | When the word is out, it __ to another |
| 43% | ALL | 3 | What to buy when the Tide is out? |
| 43% | DONE | 4 | Ready to be taken out of the oven |
| 43% | SHADE | 5 | Hades turned out to be in the shadows |
| 43% | ZEE | 3 | Arizona is the only state to have one |
| 43% | HOTS | 4 | Has the ___ for (is attracted to) |