| 100% | IRONIST | 7 | One who uses words in ways opposite of their literal meaning |
| 38% | BETBLOCKER | 10 | One who stands in the way of a wager? |
| 37% | ALLTALK | 7 | Like one who uses lots of words but never acts (2 wds.) |
| 34% | DIAL | 4 | Word before "up" to mean a form of internet access used in the '90s |
| 33% | INREVERSE | 9 | One way to drive ... and what the last word of each starred clue really means |
| 33% | ANTONYMS | 8 | Pairs of words that are opposite in meaning |
| 33% | SONG | 4 | Result of using one's voice, in a way |
| 33% | JEDI | 4 | One who uses the power of midi-chlorians |
| 33% | EXMEMBER | 8 | One who used to be in the club |
| 33% | KATAKANA | 8 | One of the Japanese collections of syllabic symbols most often used in transcribing foreign words into Japanese |
| 32% | MADONNA | 7 | One-named singer who plays "All the Way" Mae in "A League of Their Own" |
| 32% | SKYWRITER | 9 | One who scrawls words in the air with a plane |
| 32% | PETTY | 5 | Opposite of grand, in one sense |
| 32% | THROWSOPEN | 10 | Opposite of "slams," in a way |
| 32% | DRAB | 4 | Opposite of loud, in a way |
| 31% | LYRICIST | 8 | One who has a way with words |
| 31% | USER | 4 | One who makes use of a thing |
| 31% | NOB | 3 | One of wealth and standing in Britain ... and a word that can be slangily used to refer to one's "head" |
| 31% | SPEECHTHERAPIST | 15 | One who has ways of making you talk ... |
| 31% | SHOOIN | 6 | One who's way ahead in the polls |
| 31% | APEMAN | 6 | One who gets around by means of brachiation |
| 31% | SUNSEEKER | 9 | One who travels in search of warm weather |
| 31% | BRITS | 5 | Ones who would use "chuffed" to mean "pleased" |
| 31% | ARTCRITICS | 10 | Ones who might use oils in a pan? |
| 31% | BOOKKEEPER | 10 | One who keeps track of ins and outs |
| 31% | ETAL | 4 | Ones who are out of cite, in brief? |
| 30% | HERETIC | 7 | One who acts opposite of his/her religious views |
| 30% | CAREERISTS | 10 | Ones who strive to move up in their fields |
| 30% | MATHTEAM | 8 | Ones who should prepare for their day of reckoning? |
| 30% | MIME | 4 | Performer who uses gestures instead of words |