| 100% | REPOMAN | 7 | One taking things back? |
| 81% | INDIANGIVER | 11 | One who takes things back, in old lingo |
| 71% | REPOMAN | 7 | One taking things literally? |
| 69% | USURPERS | 8 | Ones taking things the wrong way |
| 69% | LEVEE | 5 | One holding things back? |
| 68% | CARGOPLANE | 10 | One taking things up with the crew |
| 65% | REGRETTERS | 10 | They'd like to take things back |
| 63% | ATA | 3 | Take things one day ___ time: 2 wds. |
| 63% | ATA | 3 | Take things one step ___ time: 2 wds. |
| 62% | ATATIME | 7 | Coping mechanism, take things one day __ |
| 60% | ERASES | 6 | Takes back one's words? |
| 60% | RECANTED | 8 | Took back one's story |
| 60% | RECANT | 6 | Take back one's words |
| 59% | RECANT | 6 | Take back, as one's story |
| 59% | EAT | 3 | Take back, as one's words |
| 59% | REWON | 5 | Took back, as one’s title |
| 59% | ATA | 3 | "We're taking things one game ___ time": 2 wds. |
| 58% | EATINGCROW | 10 | Taking back one's words in humiliation |
| 58% | RUED | 4 | Wished one could take back |
| 58% | KLEPTOS | 7 | Ones who take things badly? |
| 58% | LITUP | 5 | First thing many have done when they've taken one of those ten minute breaks outside the back door in zero degree weather |
| 57% | ERASER | 6 | One way to take back one's words? |
| 57% | RECANTCENTER | 12 | Building where things are taken back? |
| 56% | ATA | 3 | "We're taking things one game ___ time" (sports cliché): 2 wds. |
| 56% | TINKERERS | 9 | People who take things apart and (maybe) put them back together |
| 56% | THIEF | 5 | One who takes things the wrong way |
| 56% | KLEPTO | 6 | One who takes things literally, for short? |
| 56% | ROBBER | 6 | One who takes things the wrong way? |
| 55% | SOTS | 4 | Ones always tossing things back? |
| 55% | INSTRIDE | 8 | One way to take things |