| 100% | RENTER | 6 | One in town for the summer, say |
| 62% | NOMINEE | 7 | One in the running for Oscars, say |
| 54% | INTERN | 6 | Staffer just for the summer, say |
| 53% | HEIR | 4 | One in line for the throne |
| 52% | MILER | 5 | One in it for the long run? |
| 52% | LIFER | 5 | One in it for the long haul |
| 52% | SEMIS | 5 | Ones in it for the long haul |
| 52% | SEMIS | 5 | Ones in it for the long haul? |
| 52% | BRAVE | 5 | Willing to stand up for one's beliefs in the face of adversity, say |
| 52% | SEN | 3 | One in it for the long term?: Abbr. |
| 51% | SWEATER | 7 | One put away for the summer |
| 51% | ATCAMP | 6 | Spending time away from parents for the summer, say |
| 50% | ROTTENEGGS | 10 | Last ones in the pool, say |
| 49% | STEAL | 5 | Three for the price of one, say |
| 48% | DEMS | 4 | Ones in the 49-Across voting bloc, for short |
| 47% | IDLER | 5 | One in an airport taxi line, for the most part |
| 47% | ARIA | 4 | One of two for the devil in ''Faust'' |
| 47% | CFO | 3 | One for the books, in brief? |
| 47% | SCORED | 6 | Put one in the back of the net, say |
| 46% | HEIRAPPARENT | 12 | One next in line for the throne |
| 46% | INN | 3 | The Spouter in "Moby-Dick," for one |
| 46% | INN | 3 | The Spouter in "Moby Dick," for one |
| 46% | IVS | 3 | Ones stuck in the hospital, for short? |
| 46% | SWOOP | 5 | Fly in for the kill, say |
| 46% | RERAN | 5 | Showed in the summer, say |
| 46% | EGOS | 4 | Reasons for the saying, "There's no 'I' in team" |
| 46% | FOE | 3 | One who puts the "enemy" in "frenemy," say |
| 46% | HOTELBAR | 8 | The Gold Room in “The Shining,” for one |
| 46% | POT | 3 | One calling the kettle black, in a saying |
| 46% | EARLYBIRD | 9 | One who gets the worm, in a saying |