| 100% | SNOB | 4 | One whose nose is in the air |
| 70% | TRAPEZEARTISTS | 14 | Ones whose jobs are up in the air? |
| 59% | CANTOR | 6 | One whose lead is followed in the service |
| 58% | SNOB | 4 | One with his nose in the air |
| 58% | SNOBS | 5 | Ones with their noses in the air |
| 56% | SNOOTY | 6 | Having one's nose in the air |
| 55% | AVIATED | 7 | Kept one's nose in the air? |
| 54% | FLIPSACOIN | 10 | Ensures that change is in the air? |
| 54% | SMOGALERTS | 10 | Notices that trouble is in the air? |
| 52% | NIP | 3 | It may be in the autumn air |
| 51% | NUN | 3 | One whose life is in order? |
| 51% | STAR | 4 | One whose name is in lights |
| 51% | NEATFREAK | 9 | One whose priorities are in order? |
| 51% | FAA | 3 | Agcy. whose future is up in the air? |
| 51% | FAA | 3 | Org. whose agenda is up in the air? |
| 51% | FAA | 3 | Org. whose plans are up in the air? |
| 51% | FLU | 3 | Bug that sounds like it was in the air? |
| 50% | IDIOM | 5 | “Up in the air,” for one |
| 50% | LUKADONCIC | 10 | Athlete whose February 2025 trade is considered one of the "most shocking" in NBA history |
| 50% | BROWSERWAR | 10 | Navigator was in the first one |
| 49% | ROOFER | 6 | One whose work is on the house? |
| 49% | WRITER | 6 | One whose work is on the books? |
| 49% | BALLADEER | 9 | One putting a tale in the air? |
| 49% | GERALDORIVERA | 13 | Tabloid talk-show host (1987-1998) whose nose was broken in an on-air brawl (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ELBRUS | 6 | Dormant volcano in the Caucasus Mountains which is one of the Seven Summits and whose east summit was first climbed in 1829 |
| 48% | ELF | 3 | Hermey is one in "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
| 48% | ARENA | 5 | A court may be in the middle of one |
| 48% | TODDLER | 7 | One whose age is given in months |
| 48% | HITMEN | 6 | Guys whose work is in the offing? |
| 48% | GAMERS | 6 | One whose life might be in pieces? |