| 100% | EXTERN | 6 | One in a short-term job shadowing program |
| 62% | INTERN | 6 | One with a short term in office? |
| 54% | SOLEHEIR | 8 | One in a short receiving line? |
| 51% | EXCON | 5 | One in a reëntry program, perhaps |
| 51% | SEC | 3 | One in a minute, for short |
| 51% | REB | 3 | One in a gray suit, for short |
| 50% | EXEC | 4 | One in a high 21-Across, for short |
| 50% | POL | 3 | One in a "smoke-filled room," for short |
| 49% | MAR | 3 | Third one in a calendar, for short |
| 49% | ULT | 3 | Final one in a sequence, for short |
| 49% | HRS | 3 | 24 ones in a day, for short |
| 49% | ARO | 3 | Like one in a queerplatonic relationship, for short |
| 47% | DINO | 4 | You might find one in a natural history museum, for short |
| 45% | TEMPED | 6 | Worked a short-term job |
| 44% | SEN | 3 | One with a six-yr. term, for short |
| 44% | EMT | 3 | One with a time-sensitive job, for short |
| 44% | SEN | 3 | One with a six-yr. term in Congress |
| 44% | FIGLEAVES | 9 | Ones doing a decent job in the Bible? |
| 44% | TEMP | 4 | Person filling in a job for the time being, for short |
| 43% | ERE | 3 | Short palindrome in the middle of a famous longer one |
| 43% | PERP | 4 | One chased in a car chase, for short |
| 43% | PED | 3 | One found in a zebra crossing, for short |
| 43% | GIG | 3 | Short-term job for a musician |
| 42% | PDA | 3 | A peck in a park is one, for short |
| 42% | SEC | 3 | One of 60 in a minute, for short |
| 42% | SIB | 3 | One of five in a quintuplet, for short |
| 42% | SEC | 3 | One of sixty in a minute, for short |
| 41% | ANON | 4 | In a short time |
| 41% | SOON | 4 | In a short time |
| 41% | ANON | 4 | In a short while |