| 100% | SORE | 4 | Like muscles, after a long run |
| 86% | SORE | 4 | Like legs after a long run |
| 85% | SORE | 4 | Like muscles after a long workout, perhaps |
| 70% | PANT | 4 | Breathe heavily after a long run |
| 69% | SORE | 4 | Like muscles after a workout |
| 69% | SORE | 4 | Like muscles after a marathon |
| 67% | ACHE | 4 | Feeling after a long run |
| 66% | DIRTY | 5 | Like runners after a mud run |
| 66% | PANT | 4 | Breathe heavily, say after a long run |
| 66% | PANT | 4 | Gasp for air, after a long run |
| 66% | PANT | 4 | Huff and puff, after a long run |
| 66% | SORE | 4 | Achy, like muscles after a workout session |
| 66% | SORE | 4 | Achy, like muscles after a boxing bout |
| 66% | ACHES | 5 | Feels sore, like muscles after a workout |
| 65% | SORE | 4 | Like muscles, after a workout |
| 65% | SORE | 4 | Achy and sensitive, like muscles after a workout |
| 65% | LEADEN | 6 | Like feet after a long trek |
| 64% | SORE | 4 | Like legs after a long hike, maybe |
| 57% | ACHY | 4 | Sore and ___ (like muscles after a workout) |
| 57% | SORE | 4 | Like a muscle after workout |
| 56% | SLEEVES | 7 | Sore arms after a long match? Slip these arm ___ on for quick muscle recovery |
| 55% | COALY | 5 | Like anthracite miners after a long day's work |
| 54% | GOT | 3 | "America's ___ Talent," a long running talent show featuring the likes of Nick Cannon and Sharon Osbourne |
| 52% | HOSE | 4 | Bad place for a long run |
| 52% | BAT | 3 | Something flipped after a walk-off home run ... and in the nine longest Down answers |
| 52% | SORE | 4 | Like muscles after crunches |
| 52% | ATLAST | 6 | After a long wait |
| 52% | MUSTY | 5 | Like many a summer cabin after a long winter |
| 51% | SORE | 4 | Like a running back after a game |
| 51% | ASLEEP | 6 | Like one’s arm after a long cuddle session, maybe |