| 100% | INSETS | 6 | Puts in or inserts as a decoration |
| 58% | HIRE | 4 | Put in a position, as an editor or manager |
| 54% | PARAPHRASES | 11 | Puts in other words, or, if read as three pieces, a hint to the starred answers |
| 49% | SITED | 5 | Put in position, as a tent |
| 49% | EMBED | 5 | Put in place, as a war correspondent |
| 49% | EMBED | 5 | Put in place, as a wartime correspondent |
| 48% | SANK | 4 | Put in the cup, as a golf ball |
| 48% | ENFRAMED | 8 | Put in a border, as a photo |
| 48% | PARK | 4 | Put in a garage or a driveway |
| 48% | ADD | 3 | Put in, as ingredients into a recipe |
| 47% | LOAD | 4 | Put in a magazine, as with a gun |
| 47% | REPOT | 5 | Put in a larger container, as a plant |
| 47% | ENCODE | 6 | Put in a secret language, or make secret |
| 47% | SAVE | 4 | Put in a bank account or piggy bank |
| 47% | EDIT | 4 | Put in a word or two, maybe more? |
| 47% | LAY | 3 | Put in place, as bricks or tiles |
| 47% | FURBELOW | 8 | Strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim |
| 47% | BAKE | 4 | Put in an oven to cook, as a cake |
| 47% | EMBED | 5 | Insert, as a video in a blog post |
| 46% | REBAG | 5 | Put in a different sack, as at the grocery store |
| 46% | ALTER | 5 | Take in or rehem, as a pair of pants |
| 46% | ALTER | 5 | Take in or let out, as a dress |
| 45% | RAISIN | 6 | Dried grape, eaten as a snack or in cooking |
| 45% | BARRICADE | 9 | Roadblock put in place for a parade or accident |
| 45% | UPBIND | 6 | Put together, as pages in a book |
| 45% | RERACK | 6 | Put back, as weights in a gym |
| 45% | GARNISH | 7 | To put something on food as a decoration |
| 44% | WAXCOATED | 9 | In a shell, as some cheese or fruit |
| 44% | ONAGAINOFFAGAIN | 15 | Intermittent, as a romance, or what's in the starred answers |
| 44% | STOWS | 5 | Puts away, as in a plane's overhead compartment |