| 100% | HOTTODDY | 8 | Reason for a kettle at a bar |
| 79% | NOID | 4 | Reason for being barred at a bar |
| 61% | MERIT | 5 | Reason for a raise, at times |
| 61% | BOY | 3 | Reason for blue decorations at a baby shower, perhaps |
| 59% | NOID | 4 | Cause for being refused a drink at a bar |
| 59% | GRUB | 4 | Pub ___ (rhyming term for food served at a bar) |
| 59% | CARD | 4 | Check for ID, as at a bar |
| 59% | TEA | 3 | Reason for a service break at Wimbledon? |
| 58% | ONTAP | 5 | Ready for pouring, at a bar: 2 wds. |
| 58% | DARTBOARD | 9 | Target for projectiles at a bar |
| 58% | ALE | 3 | Blonde at a bar, for example |
| 58% | IDING | 5 | Carding at a bar, for short |
| 58% | EXAM | 4 | Reason for a student to cram late at night |
| 57% | NEAT | 4 | Order for an undiluted drink at a bar |
| 56% | GRASPING | 8 | Desperate for a reason; __ at straws |
| 56% | OPENTAB | 7 | Running bill for drinks at a bar (2 wds.) |
| 56% | CLOGGEDGUTTERS | 14 | Reason for using a ladder at home |
| 56% | ERROR | 5 | Reason for elimination at a spelling bee |
| 56% | UPC | 3 | Bars scanned at a store, for short |
| 55% | HAPPYHOUR | 9 | Time for reduced-price drinks at a bar: 2 wds. |
| 54% | TBAR | 4 | Bar for towing two skiers at a time uphill |
| 53% | GUAC | 4 | Green dip at a taco bar, for short |
| 53% | HANGGLIDERS | 11 | Ones at the bar for a few drafts? |
| 53% | ALIBI | 5 | A reason that is given for not being at a place, at a particular time |
| 49% | HANDBALL | 8 | Reason for a referee giving a penalty? |
| 48% | PAY | 3 | Close a tab at a bar |
| 48% | KARAOKE | 7 | Bars at a bar? |
| 48% | RIP | 3 | Reason for a patch |
| 48% | TRAUMA | 6 | Reason for a hospitalization |
| 48% | NETBALL | 7 | Reason for a reserve |