| 100% | PIRACY | 6 | Illegal use or reproduction of another's work |
| 39% | DESKS | 5 | Piece of furniture used to write or do other work on: Plural |
| 38% | QUOTING | 7 | Using another's phrase or saying |
| 36% | FJORD | 5 | & 22A Equine mammal from the mountainous regions of Norway used for heavy work or in sport |
| 36% | AVAILED | 7 | Used or took advantage of something |
| 35% | BIRDS | 5 | *Feathered friends ... or a word used with 22d to refer to a child-friendly explanation of human reproduction |
| 35% | SUBSTITUTE | 10 | Use in place of another |
| 34% | ART | 3 | Work of ___ (painting or sculpture) |
| 34% | EDDA | 4 | Work of prose or poetry |
| 34% | OPERA | 5 | Work of Bellini or Gounod |
| 34% | OPERA | 5 | Work of Puccini or Bellini |
| 33% | OGHAM | 5 | Ancient Celtic system of writing used in Britain and Ireland, consisting of straight lines drawn or carved perpendicular to one another |
| 33% | PALINODE | 8 | A poetic or rhetorical retraction of earlier work |
| 33% | HYPERBOLE | 9 | Use of overstatement or exaggerating language |
| 32% | SAMPLED | 7 | Used bits of one song in another |
| 32% | PUPPETRY | 8 | Use of marionettes or characters on fingers |
| 32% | BANKSHOT | 8 | Use of a cushion or a backboard |
| 32% | JOULE | 5 | Unit of work or energy |
| 32% | ERG | 3 | Unit of work or energy |
| 32% | ERGS | 4 | Units of work or energy |
| 32% | LOAD | 4 | Amount of work or laundry |
| 32% | INPUT | 5 | Contribution of work or information |
| 32% | VIABLE | 6 | Capable of succeeding or working |
| 32% | HOURS | 5 | Follower of waking or working |
| 32% | FOLIO | 5 | Manuscript page, or suffix with "port" for an art student's collection of work |
| 32% | BRO | 3 | Another way of saying "Dude!" or "My man!" |
| 32% | RESORT | 6 | Use last of this when nothing else works |
| 32% | SANDPAPER | 9 | Used for hand- or machine-smoothing of wood |
| 32% | PUTTO | 5 | ___ work (make use of something): 2 wds. |
| 32% | SPORE | 5 | Type of reproduction used by mushrooms |