| 100% | VALET | 5 | One working for a fancy restaurant who's almost never in the restaurant |
| 42% | CUER | 4 | One who might work in the wings of a theater |
| 42% | GOLDMINER | 9 | One for whom a flash in the pan is a good thing |
| 41% | EMME | 4 | One-named model who was a spokesperson for Revlon in the late 1990s |
| 41% | AET | 3 | One of the abbreviations used for a paraprofessional educator, a foreign national working in a Japanese classroom |
| 40% | BACHELOR | 8 | One who's never asked for a hand? |
| 39% | MILER | 5 | One who's in it for the long run |
| 39% | LIFER | 5 | One who's in it for the long haul |
| 39% | NARC | 4 | One who's always on the lookout for a deal |
| 39% | SORCERER | 8 | One who works for a spell? |
| 39% | ENT | 3 | One who's often looking down in the mouth, for short? |
| 39% | LAYWOMAN | 8 | One who's not in the habit of wearing a habit |
| 39% | JIMABBOTT | 9 | One-handed Yankees pitcher who threw a no-hitter in 1993 and never played in the minor leagues: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BYEBYEBIRDIE | 12 | Golfer’s cry when a would-be one-under-par shot almost goes in the hole? |
| 38% | ENYA | 4 | One-named singer who co-composed a song in Elvish for "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 38% | CHEF | 4 | One who designs your course in a restaurant |
| 38% | OLDDOG | 6 | One who's past the age of learning, in a saying |
| 38% | VET | 3 | Player who's been in the league for a while, informally |
| 38% | SOFA | 4 | Possible sleeping spot for a partner who's in the doghouse |
| 37% | MATHGEEK | 8 | One who might tell the joke “Q: What does the ‘B’ in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stand for? A: Benoit B. Mandelbrot” |
| 37% | COPEDITOR | 9 | One who works for the Police Gazette? |
| 37% | DRILLER | 7 | One who works in the oil rig |
| 37% | SABOTEUR | 8 | One putting a spanner in the works! |
| 36% | SAL | 3 | Third baseman Bando who played for the A's in the 1960s and 1970s |
| 36% | OUT | 3 | ___ of Bounds, term for a player who touches any boundary line in the NFL |
| 36% | ACROBAT | 7 | One who might be in for a fall |
| 36% | LOUISEFLETCHER | 14 | Actress who won a Best Actress Oscar for playing 46-Across in the 1975 film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | KLAYTHOMPSON | 12 | One of the Golden State Warriors' "Big Three" who holds the NBA record for most points scored in a quarter (2 wds.) |
| 36% | DATAMINER | 9 | One who might find a pattern in the noise |
| 36% | BETBLOCKER | 10 | One who stands in the way of a wager? |