| 100% | DEFER | 5 | Postpone or hold off, as a payment (anagram of "freed") |
| 48% | REMITS | 6 | Sends, as a payment (anagram of "mister") |
| 45% | DETACH | 6 | Tear off, as the payment stub of a bill |
| 42% | REMIT | 5 | Send off, as a payment |
| 41% | ERGO | 4 | As a result of or consequently |
| 40% | SITON | 5 | Hold off from publishing, as a scoop |
| 40% | INHALE | 6 | *Breathe in ... or finish off rapidly, as a plate of food |
| 39% | HATE | 4 | Anagram of "heat", and a probable cause, as well |
| 39% | DIVEST | 6 | Sell off, as a holding |
| 39% | RID | 3 | Free, as of a pest |
| 39% | ASKEW | 5 | Off-center, as a wall painting (anagram of "wakes") |
| 38% | STERN | 5 | Serious or no-nonsense, as a teacher (anagram of "rents") |
| 38% | KISSING | 7 | Touching lips as a sign of love or affection |
| 38% | SLAY | 4 | Finish off, as a vampire or dragon |
| 38% | EMPTIED | 7 | Finished off, as a bottle of wine |
| 38% | USEUP | 5 | Finish off, as a tube of toothpaste |
| 38% | SOUVENIR | 8 | Things kept as a reminder of a place or event |
| 38% | TEND | 4 | Care for, as a garden or a flock of sheep |
| 38% | SENT | 4 | Shipped off, as a parcel or a letter |
| 38% | DEMO | 4 | Show off, as a new product or feature |
| 38% | CROP | 4 | Chop off, as the sides of a photo |
| 37% | WIELD | 5 | Hold or handle, as a sword |
| 37% | MEMENTO | 7 | An object kept as a reminder of a person or event |
| 37% | GUARD | 5 | Defend, as a basketball player ... or, a type of basketball player |
| 37% | RAMP | 4 | Way on or off of a highway |
| 37% | PEACE | 5 | Tranquility or a state free of disturbances |
| 37% | GUINEAPIG | 9 | Small rodent kept as a pet; anagram of I pin gauge |
| 36% | PARASKIS | 8 | Glides onto or off of a snowy slope |
| 36% | MASCOT | 6 | A character used as the emblem of a team or side |
| 36% | ANTE | 4 | Necessary payment before a hand of Texas hold 'em |