| 100% | TEAMCOCO | 8 | Producer of the "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend" podcast |
| 52% | CONAN | 5 | "___ O'Brien Needs a Friend" (weekly podcast hosted by a former late-night host) |
| 49% | CONAN | 5 | "___ O'Brien Needs a Friend" (podcast from a former talk show host) |
| 48% | SONA | 4 | Movsesian who co-hosts "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend" |
| 46% | OBRIEN | 6 | "Conan ___ Needs a Friend" (weekly podcast) |
| 44% | ALAS | 4 | "We need a government, ___, because of the nature of humans": P. J. O'Rourke |
| 42% | NPR | 3 | Producer of the podcast "Pop Culture Happy Hour" |
| 41% | NPR | 3 | Producer of the "Code Switch" and "Planet Money" podcasts |
| 38% | MTM | 3 | ___ enterprises, sitcom producer of the 70s with a cat in its logo: Abbr. |
| 38% | MTM | 3 | ___ enterprises, sitcom producer of the '70s with a cat in its logo: Abbr. |
| 38% | NPR | 3 | Broadcaster of the podcast It's Been a Minute |
| 37% | END | 3 | "Seeking a Friend for the ___ of the World" (2012 movie) |
| 37% | ITT | 3 | One of the Addams clan who badly needed a barber |
| 36% | COFFEE | 6 | Some people need a big cup of this in the morning |
| 36% | EGO | 3 | Part of the psyche that may need a boost |
| 36% | QUAKER | 6 | A member of the Society of Friends |
| 36% | OKRA | 4 | Someone who loves it might be called a friend of the pod |
| 36% | 3SETS | 5 | Need for the winner of a Wimbledon men's match |
| 36% | ADS | 3 | Promos at the start of a podcast, often |
| 35% | BOARD | 5 | You'll need a famous one of these to figure out the contest |
| 35% | BUCKET | 6 | A drop in the __, a little bit of what is needed |
| 35% | ACT | 3 | Put on a show, like the friends of "Friends" |
| 35% | BASE | 4 | Length needed to calculate the area of a triangle |
| 35% | IRVINE | 6 | Site of a U.C. in the O.C. |
| 35% | BURY | 4 | "___ a Friend," song by Billie Eilish that can lift the spirits of any Halloween party |
| 35% | DEMI | 4 | ___ Moore, star of the podcast "Dirty Diana" that was adapted into a drama series |
| 35% | MOOCH | 5 | Tuxedo cat who’s a friend of 1-Across in the “Mutts” comic strip |
| 35% | NOTIMETOSPARE | 13 | Comment when you need a serious comeback at the end of a bowling game? |
| 35% | ICY | 3 | Like a windshield in need of scraping in the winter |
| 35% | ERE | 3 | Preposition that sounds like the name of a basic need |