| 100% | OWE | 3 | Need to make payments |
| 68% | MINUSSIGN | 9 | Need to make a difference |
| 68% | ERRS | 4 | Needs to make a retraction |
| 66% | MASH | 4 | Need to make wort, in a brewery |
| 66% | OIL | 3 | Liquid needed to make fries |
| 66% | WATER | 5 | Liquid needed to make coffee |
| 65% | OVEN | 4 | Appliance needed to make Baked Alaska |
| 64% | IATE | 4 | "No need to make me a plate" |
| 63% | EGG | 3 | ___ whites, whisked ingredient needed to make a pavlova |
| 63% | CHALK | 5 | Writing implement needed to make a hopscotch grid |
| 63% | AIM | 3 | Skill needed to make free throws in basketball |
| 62% | BANANA | 6 | Yellow fruit needed to make an ice cream split |
| 62% | OWE | 3 | Need to send a Venmo payment to |
| 61% | AFUSS | 5 | "There is no need to make ___" (create commotion): 2 wds. |
| 60% | RENTS | 5 | Payments made to landlord |
| 59% | FEE | 3 | Payment made to a lawyer |
| 59% | PAYEE | 5 | To whom payment is made |
| 59% | DEBT | 4 | Payment yet to be made |
| 59% | RENT | 4 | Payment made to a landlord |
| 58% | FEE | 3 | Payment made to a lawyer, say |
| 57% | SUBSCRIBE | 9 | Make advance payment to get a magazine |
| 56% | SUBSTITUTION | 12 | "The pizzeria's out of mushrooms, though, so he'll need to make a ___" |
| 56% | CHECKS | 6 | Payments that need to be endorsed |
| 56% | ENCODED | 7 | Need cod to be cooked and made secret |
| 55% | ALMS | 4 | Donations made to those in need |
| 55% | MARIONETTE | 10 | You’ll need to pull some strings to make it work |
| 53% | PENSION | 7 | A regular state payment made to retired people |
| 52% | CHAPLIN | 7 | Who said "All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl" |
| 52% | OWE | 3 | Have outstanding payments to make |
| 49% | LUMPSUM | 7 | Full payment made all at once to a lottery winner: 2 wds. |