| 100% | EARLYBIRD | 9 | One who gets the worm, in a saying |
| 77% | EARLY | 5 | Like the bird who gets the worm, in a saying |
| 58% | BEAUTY | 6 | One who loves the Beast in a Disney movie |
| 58% | BARISTA | 7 | One who makes the drinks in a coffee shop |
| 57% | ELOPER | 6 | One who gets hitched in a hurry |
| 57% | FURIOUSTRADER | 13 | One who got in before a crash? |
| 57% | WEDGEEARNER | 11 | One who gets a piece of the pie? |
| 57% | ACER | 4 | One who gets a 100 on the test? |
| 57% | NERD | 4 | One who got revenge in a 1984 movie |
| 56% | HERO | 4 | One who saves the day, in a comic book |
| 56% | FOE | 3 | One who puts the "enemy" in "frenemy," say |
| 54% | SIMON | 5 | One who says a lot in a game |
| 54% | POWERHITTER | 11 | One batting cleanup who gets a lot of the stat hidden in 17-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 54% | DATAMINER | 9 | One who might find a pattern in the noise |
| 54% | STRAGGLER | 9 | In a foot race, the one who falls behind |
| 54% | BETBLOCKER | 10 | One who stands in the way of a wager? |
| 53% | OLDDOG | 6 | One who's past the age of learning, in a saying |
| 53% | MEDIC | 5 | One who may give you a shot in the arm |
| 53% | CUER | 4 | One who might work in the wings of a theater |
| 53% | SKYWRITER | 9 | One who scrawls words in the air with a plane |
| 53% | INVESTOR | 8 | One who commits capital in the hope of a return |
| 53% | CURATOR | 7 | One who picks the line-up for a music fest, say |
| 52% | LAYWOMAN | 8 | One who's not in the habit of wearing a habit |
| 52% | YOLK | 4 | One getting a beating in the kitchen? |
| 52% | MALADYLUCK | 10 | Getting over a cold in one day, say? |
| 51% | BASS | 4 | Singer who rarely gets the melody in a choir |
| 51% | EGO | 3 | One may get in the way of a collaboration |
| 51% | SENDEE | 6 | One who gets the message? |
| 51% | SCORER | 6 | One who gets the point |
| 50% | DEFENDANT | 9 | The one against whom a case is filed in court |