| 100% | TIMEDAGETUP | 11 | Practiced changing one's costume by the clock? |
| 42% | SKIN | 4 | By the ___ of one's teeth |
| 41% | JEEP | 4 | Company asked by the Cherokee Nation to change one of its car names |
| 41% | BARELY | 6 | By the skin of one's teeth |
| 41% | JUSTBARELY | 10 | By the skin of one’s teeth |
| 41% | TIMED | 5 | By the clock |
| 40% | IDIOM | 5 | By the seat of one's pants, e.g. |
| 40% | SEAT | 4 | Fly by the ___ of one's pants |
| 39% | HOOLIGAN | 8 | The —, 1911 one-act stage play by W S Gilbert subtitled A Character Study |
| 39% | WINGIT | 6 | Fly by the seat of one's pants |
| 39% | ADLIB | 5 | Fly by the seat of one's pants |
| 38% | ISH | 3 | Suffix suggested by the wiggling of one's hand |
| 38% | OUTOFTIME | 9 | Expired, beaten by the clock |
| 37% | SHIFT | 5 | With 100-Down, change one's approach, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 37% | LOSER | 5 | Insult signified by the thumb and pointer finger on one's forehead |
| 36% | MACARENA | 8 | Song by the #1 band on VH1's "100 Greatest One Hit Wonders" |
| 36% | BIOGRAPHY | 9 | The story of one person's life as told by another |
| 35% | DYE | 3 | Change, as the color of one's hair |
| 35% | PLUTOCRATIC | 11 | Ruled by the one per cent |
| 35% | EDIT | 4 | Change ... one hopes for the better |
| 35% | THIS | 4 | The one close by |
| 35% | THESE | 5 | The ones close by |
| 35% | LIBERACE | 8 | One-named performer played by Michael Douglas in HBO's "Behind the Candelabra" |
| 35% | SURFERGIRL | 10 | One "standing by the ocean's roar," in a 1963 song |
| 34% | EUROPE | 6 | It's represented by one of the five Olympic rings |
| 34% | WORKMATE | 8 | One might be by the water cooler |
| 34% | GOLLUM | 6 | Tolkien creature corrupted by the One Ring |
| 34% | DROPPEDHISFRIENDS | 17 | One by one the klutz _____ |
| 34% | RISER | 5 | One heeding the alarm clock |
| 33% | TOUCH | 5 | Practice one of the five senses |