| 100% | GRAD | 4 | One who has received a degree, for short |
| 63% | CEO | 3 | One who might have a corner office, for short |
| 57% | RET | 3 | One who has hung his boots, for short |
| 57% | PROPCOMIC | 9 | One who has a thing for jokes? |
| 56% | WIT | 3 | One who has a knack for snappy comebacks |
| 55% | PROF | 4 | One who teaches at a university, for short |
| 55% | GRAD | 4 | One who's gotten a diploma, for short |
| 55% | RET | 3 | One who's earning a pension, for short |
| 55% | UMP | 3 | One who officiates a baseball game, for short |
| 54% | CANNIBAL | 8 | One who might have a guest for dinner? |
| 54% | CRUSH | 5 | One whom you secretly have a thing for |
| 52% | ALUM | 4 | One who may receive college-fund-raising calls, for short |
| 52% | CEO | 3 | One who might meet with a venture capitalist, for short |
| 52% | REF | 3 | One who cries "Foul!" in a basketball game, for short |
| 52% | GRAD | 4 | Person who receives a diploma, for short |
| 52% | REP | 3 | One who speaks on behalf of a larger group, for short |
| 52% | DIR | 3 | One who calls the shots at a movie set, for short |
| 52% | DDS | 3 | Ones who abstain from drinking on a night out, for short |
| 52% | REF | 3 | One who whistles on a soccer field, for short |
| 52% | MOD | 3 | One who might delete a Reddit post, for short |
| 50% | STPAT | 5 | Irish figure who has a holiday in March, for short: 2 wds. |
| 50% | EXPAT | 5 | One who might cast a long-distance mail-in ballot, for short |
| 49% | TEE | 3 | One may have a band's name on it, for short |
| 48% | SIRS | 4 | Males who have received a knighthood |
| 48% | CHEM | 4 | One of the subjects that astronaut Story Musgrave has a degree in, for short |
| 48% | IGOR | 4 | One who has a hunch |
| 46% | SOT | 3 | One who has a lot of screwdrivers? |
| 46% | LYRICIST | 8 | One who has a way with words |
| 46% | SEER | 4 | One who has a ball at work? |
| 46% | KOOK | 4 | One who has a few screws loose |