| 100% | YACHTING | 8 | Racing or sailing in a boat, rhymes with rotting |
| 46% | OAR | 3 | Tool to propel a boat with no motor or sails |
| 46% | OAR | 3 | Item used to move a boat with no motor or sail |
| 46% | OAR | 3 | Tool used to move a boat with no motor or sails |
| 45% | CATAMARAN | 9 | A yacht or other boat with twin hulls in parallel |
| 43% | SKIFFED | 7 | Sailed in a small boat |
| 42% | DINGHY | 6 | Open boat with a mast and sails that can be used for racing |
| 41% | SAIL | 4 | Travel in a boat or ship |
| 40% | SNEER | 5 | Smile or talk in a mocking manner (rhymes with "deer") |
| 40% | CANOED | 6 | Paddled while sitting in a boat with pointed ends |
| 39% | LEERILY | 7 | In a suspicious way, or with skepticism |
| 39% | YACHTED | 7 | Cruised in a sailing boat |
| 39% | RIG | 3 | Equip a boat with sails |
| 39% | SAILING | 7 | Moving in a boat with the aid of the wind |
| 39% | OAR | 3 | Propeller in a dragon boat race |
| 39% | ALSORAN | 7 | Loser in a race or contest |
| 38% | NEEDY | 5 | In a constant state of want; rhymes with seedy |
| 38% | LEAKY | 5 | Like a boat with holes in it |
| 38% | RAN | 3 | Participated in a race or an election |
| 38% | HASTE | 5 | Word rhymed with "waste" in a proverb |
| 38% | HARE | 4 | Procrastinator, in a fabled race with a tortoise |
| 38% | OVERTOOK | 8 | Passed someone in a race, or while driving |
| 38% | PAREE | 5 | City rhymed with ''mystery'' in a WWI song |
| 38% | COLA | 4 | Word rhymed with "Lola" in a Kinks song |
| 37% | EEK | 3 | Shriek that rhymes with a word in this clue |
| 37% | STASH | 5 | Store in a secret spot (aptly rhymes with "cache") |
| 37% | MEATSTEW | 8 | Entree in a bowl with beef or lamb, say |
| 37% | KITE | 4 | Word rhymed with “height” in a “Mary Poppins” song |
| 37% | QUEUEING | 8 | Has five vowels in a row and rhymes with "doing" |
| 37% | ORLOP | 5 | Lowest deck in a vessel with four or more decks |