| 100% | PERFORATE | 9 | Make holes in, as for ease of tearing |
| 49% | DIBBLING | 8 | Making holes in earth for young plants |
| 44% | AWLS | 4 | Tools for making holes in leather |
| 44% | AWL | 3 | Tool for making holes in leather |
| 44% | AWLS | 4 | Tools for making holes in belts |
| 44% | ACASE | 5 | Make _____ for (argue in support of) |
| 44% | LIEU | 4 | In __ of; as a substitute for |
| 43% | PIERCES | 7 | Makes a hole in, as an earlobe |
| 42% | LIEU | 4 | In ___ of: as a substitute for |
| 42% | AWL | 3 | Pointed tool for making holes in leather |
| 41% | BRADAWL | 7 | Hand tool for making holes in wood or leather |
| 41% | PIERCING | 8 | Making a hole in the skin for an earring |
| 40% | TORE | 4 | Made holes in |
| 40% | AMENDED | 7 | Made changes to, as a bill in the House of Representatives |
| 40% | ARVO | 4 | Australian slang for second half of day, as In "this ___" |
| 40% | JEREZ | 5 | Town in SW Spain famous for the making of sherry |
| 40% | AWL | 3 | Metal spike tool for making holes in leather |
| 40% | DUG | 3 | Made, as a hole in the ground |
| 40% | PUNCTURE | 8 | Make holes in, pierce |
| 40% | DIG | 3 | Make hole in ground |
| 39% | DIGGING | 7 | The act of making holes in the ground with a spade |
| 39% | EAGLE | 5 | In golf, a score of two strokes under par for a hole |
| 39% | ALBATROSS | 9 | In golf, a score of three strokes under par for a hole |
| 39% | BIRDIE | 6 | In golf, a score of one stroke under par for a hole |
| 39% | IGLOO | 5 | Shelter for people living in cold regions that is made of 14a |
| 38% | LIEU | 4 | In __ of (as a substitute for) |
| 38% | PAR | 3 | In golf, an estimated standard score for a hole that a good player should make |
| 38% | COFFERS | 7 | Small chests for storing valuables, as of chests in "The Merchant of Venice" |
| 38% | OYER | 4 | Court of ___ and Terminer, as created for the Salem witch trials in 1692 |
| 38% | BELOWMACARONI | 13 | Where spaghetti and orzo rank in terms of their suitability for making necklaces? |