| 100% | PARENS | 6 | Marks around an aside, for short |
| 62% | PAREN | 5 | Start of an aside, for short |
| 44% | MADMONEY | 8 | Cash set aside for an emergency |
| 44% | IRA | 3 | Money put aside, for short |
| 43% | UTE | 3 | Pickup truck, for short (for an Aussie) |
| 43% | UTE | 3 | Pickup truck, for short (to an Aussie) |
| 43% | OPED | 4 | Short for an opinion piece |
| 42% | ABOMB | 5 | Short for an extremely destructive bomb |
| 42% | TREERING | 8 | Mark of age for an elder? |
| 41% | SYNTH | 5 | Short term for an electronic musical instrument |
| 41% | PARENS | 6 | Aside containers, for short |
| 41% | CPA | 3 | Many an auditor, for short |
| 41% | PRO | 3 | Not an amateur, for short |
| 41% | RSVPS | 5 | Answers an invite, for short |
| 40% | JINGLE | 6 | Short piece of catchy music for an advert |
| 40% | PRENUP | 6 | Short term for an agreement signed before marriage |
| 40% | GRADING | 7 | Awarding a mark for an assignment |
| 40% | TECH | 4 | Mark Zuckerberg's field, for short |
| 40% | EST | 3 | An approximate cost, for short |
| 40% | EMT | 3 | An essential worker, for short |
| 39% | BERMUDA | 7 | ___ shorts (summer wear named for an Atlantic island) |
| 39% | GPA | 3 | Mean marks, for short? |
| 39% | PARENS | 6 | Explanatory marks, for short |
| 39% | NYE | 3 | 31st December for short which is also an e.g. of 12a |
| 39% | FRUITFLIES | 10 | Short-lived pests ... or an alternative title for this puzzle |
| 39% | STAGEHAND | 9 | Person who moves props around for an auditorium |
| 39% | STAT | 4 | Number for an athlete, for short |
| 39% | AMMO | 4 | Fuel for an argument, for short |
| 38% | MYOB | 4 | Rebuke to an eavesdropper, for short |
| 38% | REPO | 4 | Takeback of an automobile, for short |