| 100% | ACTON | 5 | Pursue, as an anonymous tip (2 wds.) |
| 55% | ACTON | 5 | Pursue, as an informant's tip |
| 55% | BUTTONUP | 8 | Fasten, as an Oxford shirt: 2 wds. |
| 55% | INUSE | 5 | Occupied, as an airplane lavatory: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ADDUP | 5 | Make sense, as an explanation: 2 wds. |
| 54% | DREAMUP | 7 | Concoct, as an idea: 2 wds. |
| 54% | GETON | 5 | Board, as an airplane: 2 wds. |
| 54% | REVUP | 5 | Gun, as an engine: 2 wds. |
| 54% | REVUP | 5 | Accelerate, as an engine: 2 wds. |
| 54% | REPLYTO | 7 | Answer, as an email: 2 wds. |
| 52% | AMPUP | 5 | Increase, as an electric guitar's sound: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ONCUE | 5 | Properly timed, as an actor's entrance: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ICEUP | 5 | Freeze over, as an airplane's wings: 2 wds. |
| 52% | SHRUGOFF | 8 | Brush aside, as an unimportant problem: 2 wds. |
| 51% | SITSIN | 6 | Joins a meeting as an observer: 2 wds. |
| 51% | TRADEDIN | 8 | Exchanged, as an older car for a newer model: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ADDUP | 5 | Completely make sense, as an explanation: 2 wds. |
| 50% | TOTEBAG | 7 | Canvas carrier often offered as an incentive during pledge drives: 2 wds. |
| 49% | TOTEBAG | 7 | Carryall that's sometimes offered as an incentive in pledge drives: 2 wds. |
| 49% | LIAMNEESON | 10 | "Taken" actor who fought as an amateur boxer in Northern Ireland: 2 wds. |
| 49% | DRAWSIN | 7 | Entices to pay attention, as an audience: 2 wds. |
| 49% | SAYNO | 5 | Turn down, as an offer (2 wds.) |
| 49% | THEBLACKLIST | 12 | NBC series starring James Spader as an FBI informant in Washington, DC: 2 wds. |
| 49% | LASTCHRISTMAS | 13 | 2019 rom-com featuring Emma Thompson as an underemployed woman's mom: 2 wds. |
| 49% | DEATHWISH | 9 | 1974 film starring Charles Bronson as an architect who becomes a vigilante: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TACKSON | 7 | Adds as an afterthought (2 wds.) |
| 48% | TAGON | 5 | Add, as an extra (2 wds.) |
| 48% | REVUP | 5 | Race, as an engine (2 wds.) |
| 48% | TACKON | 6 | Add as an afterthought (2 wds.) |
| 48% | REPLYTO | 7 | Answer, as an email (2 wds.) |