| 100% | ARTISTE | 7 | Not a run-of-the-mill entertainer |
| 74% | STANDARD | 8 | Run of the mill |
| 74% | BANAL | 5 | Run of the mill |
| 68% | REAL | 4 | Not a figment of the imagination |
| 68% | STARTER | 7 | Not a member of the reserves |
| 67% | NIGHTOWL | 8 | Not a bedfellow of the early bird |
| 63% | ADOPTED | 7 | Not a part of from the start |
| 62% | INIT | 4 | Not yet out of the running |
| 60% | EXTRA | 5 | In cricket, a run not scored from the bat |
| 60% | NGO | 3 | Public body not a part of the government structure |
| 60% | SKI | 3 | Runner on the bottom of a snowmobile |
| 60% | INIT | 4 | Not out of the running |
| 60% | ALIVE | 5 | Not out of the running |
| 59% | HANDOFF | 7 | Transfer of the football from a quarterback to a runner |
| 59% | ALIVE | 5 | Not out of the running yet |
| 58% | SANE | 4 | Not a candidate for the invoking of the 25th Amendment, say |
| 58% | ARISTOTLE | 9 | Originator of the maxim "One swallow does not make a summer" |
| 58% | LAIC | 4 | Person who is not a member of the clergy |
| 58% | OVERHEADS | 9 | The day-to-day costs of running a business |
| 58% | ATYPICAL | 8 | Not run-of-the-mill |
| 57% | OFFSHORE | 8 | Not part of the mainland of a country |
| 57% | ELOPES | 6 | Runs off to a justice of the peace |
| 57% | BYE | 3 | In cricket, a run scored off a ball not struck by the batsman |
| 57% | VERNE | 5 | Author of the quote "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 56% | INLAND | 6 | Not on the coast, but in the middle of a country |
| 56% | BSIDE | 5 | Reverse of a vinyl record single, not the A |
| 56% | VERSE | 5 | Part of a song that's not the chorus |
| 56% | EGGWHITE | 8 | Part of what a chicken laid, not the yolk |
| 56% | SCIATIC | 7 | ___ nerve (nerve that runs the length of a leg) |
| 56% | MILL | 4 | Run of the ___ |