| 100% | IOU | 3 | Promise of repayment, for short |
| 75% | IOU | 3 | Promise of payment, for short |
| 62% | IOUS | 4 | Markers of promise, for short |
| 61% | IOU | 3 | Promise of repayment |
| 61% | IOUS | 4 | Promises of repayment |
| 60% | IOUS | 4 | Promises of repayment, informally |
| 58% | IOUS | 4 | Informal promises of repayment |
| 56% | IOUS | 4 | Promises of eventual repayment |
| 53% | STL | 3 | House of Blues for short? |
| 52% | AMT | 3 | Quantity, for short (anagram of "tam") |
| 51% | PECS | 4 | Chest muscles, for short (anagram of "spec") |
| 51% | DEB | 3 | Society newcomer, for short (anagram of "bed") |
| 51% | ALUM | 4 | Former student, for short (anagram of "maul") |
| 51% | OBIT | 4 | Memorial column, for short (anagram of "tibo") |
| 51% | IOU | 3 | Promise to repay, for short |
| 51% | IOU | 3 | Promise to pay, for short |
| 50% | PEKE | 4 | Chinese toy dog, for short (anagram of "keep") |
| 50% | MISC | 4 | Junk drawer label, for short (anagram of "scim") |
| 50% | ARB | 3 | Wall Street figure, for short (anagram of "bar") |
| 50% | MAJ | 3 | Colonel's junior, for short (anagram of "jam") |
| 50% | BRIEFLY | 7 | For a short period of time |
| 50% | MAG | 3 | Short for a type of periodical |
| 50% | MDS | 3 | Short form for bosses of companies |
| 49% | TRAD | 4 | Like much folk music, for short (anagram of "dart") |
| 49% | STENO | 5 | Someone who takes notes, for short (anagram of "notes") |
| 49% | DET | 3 | Case solver like Holmes, for short (anagram of "ted") |
| 49% | OLY | 3 | The ___ Games, for short (series of international athletic contests) |
| 49% | NOLA | 4 | Birthplace of jazz, for short |
| 49% | PHD | 3 | Indication of learnedness, for short |
| 49% | ARR | 3 | Opposite of departure, for short |