| 100% | MILER | 5 | One who's in it for the long run |
| 77% | MILER | 5 | One in it for the long run? |
| 65% | SEMIS | 5 | Ones in it for the long haul |
| 65% | SEMIS | 5 | Ones in it for the long haul? |
| 64% | SEN | 3 | One in it for the long term?: Abbr. |
| 62% | USER | 4 | One who's in it for himself |
| 59% | HAUL | 4 | In it for the long ___ |
| 59% | HAUL | 4 | In it for the long __ |
| 54% | ENT | 3 | One who's often looking down in the mouth, for short? |
| 53% | BOXCAR | 6 | It's in for the long haul |
| 49% | JILL | 4 | The Green Party's Stein who ran for president in 2012 and 2016 |
| 49% | ALSORAN | 7 | One who's in it but doesn't win it |
| 48% | OWER | 4 | One who's in the hole |
| 48% | UMP | 3 | One who may call you out in the field, for short |
| 48% | DISH | 4 | One who ran away with the spoon, in a nursery rhyme |
| 48% | NOMINEE | 7 | One in the running for Oscars, say |
| 47% | ALSORAN | 7 | One who's back in the pack |
| 47% | DENTIST | 7 | One who's down in the mouth? |
| 47% | CAVER | 5 | One who's frequently in the dark |
| 47% | OUTSIDER | 8 | One who’s not in the loop |
| 46% | VALET | 5 | One working for a fancy restaurant who's almost never in the restaurant |
| 46% | SHOOIN | 6 | One who's way ahead in the polls |
| 46% | POET | 4 | One who's well-versed in the arts? |
| 46% | LISP | 4 | "Whose cruel idea was it for the word '___' to have an S in it?" (Steven Wright joke) |
| 46% | SERENASLAM | 10 | Tennis feat named for the athlete who achieved it in 2003 and 2015 |
| 46% | DWEEB | 5 | One who's definitely not in the in-crowd |
| 46% | WONK | 4 | One who's deep in the weeds of policy |
| 45% | GOLDMINER | 9 | One for whom a flash in the pan is a good thing |
| 45% | DANIELKALUUYA | 13 | Actor who plays Slim, one of the title characters on the run in 2019's "Queen & Slim": 2 wds. |
| 45% | SUSANSARANDON | 13 | Actress who played Louise, one of the title characters on the run in 1991's "Thelma & Louise": 2 wds. |