| 100% | RAISE | 5 | Increase in salary, for one |
| 75% | RAISE | 5 | An increase in salary for performance or seniority |
| 72% | RAISE | 5 | Increase in one's salary |
| 64% | RISES | 5 | Goes up for increases in salary |
| 61% | RAISE | 5 | Increase in salary |
| 61% | RAISES | 6 | Increases in salary |
| 60% | RAISE | 5 | Increase in salary, say |
| 55% | ARISE | 5 | Get up to terrible increase in salary |
| 55% | PAYRISE | 7 | Increase in wages or salary |
| 54% | MORALIST | 8 | Increase Mather, for one |
| 53% | EARL | 4 | Suffolk, for one, in Shakespeare |
| 53% | DVR | 3 | TiVo, for one, in brief |
| 53% | DOGHOUSE | 8 | "Location" for one in disfavor |
| 53% | ISP | 3 | AOL, for one, in brief |
| 53% | NGO | 3 | Greenpeace, for one, in brief |
| 53% | VAC | 3 | Hoover, for one, in brief |
| 53% | SPADE | 5 | Shovel for one in suit? |
| 52% | ASKS | 4 | ___ for one's hand in marriage (proposes) |
| 52% | HUTT | 4 | Jabba, for one, in "Star Wars" |
| 52% | COVER | 5 | Military support for one in danger |
| 52% | ITINERANT | 9 | Tinker, for one, in olden days |
| 52% | SHORTSTOP | 9 | Tinker, for one, in olden days |
| 52% | RPG | 3 | Dungeons & Dragons, for one, in brief |
| 52% | ARS | 3 | Musica, for one, in ancient Rome |
| 52% | CRUTCHES | 8 | Support for one in a cast |
| 52% | HUTT | 4 | Jabba, for one, in “Star Wars” |
| 51% | ISLAND | 6 | Yap, for one, in the western Pacific |
| 51% | LEI | 3 | Necklace for one in a hula skirt |
| 51% | REED | 4 | Elk, for one / Plant in a bog |
| 51% | GRATE | 5 | Sidewalk hazard for one in spiky heels |