| 100% | CLOGGEDGUTTERS | 14 | Reason for using a ladder at home |
| 54% | PAIN | 4 | Reason for using a heating pad |
| 49% | MERIT | 5 | Reason for a raise, at times |
| 48% | HOTTODDY | 8 | Reason for a kettle at a bar |
| 48% | TEA | 3 | Reason for a service break at Wimbledon? |
| 48% | NOID | 4 | Reason for being barred at a bar |
| 48% | ERROR | 5 | Reason for elimination at a spelling bee |
| 48% | INSTEAD | 7 | At home, used dates as a substitute |
| 47% | INSTEAD | 7 | At home, dates are used as a substitute |
| 47% | BOY | 3 | Reason for blue decorations at a baby shower, perhaps |
| 47% | EXAM | 4 | Reason for a student to cram late at night |
| 45% | PRIEDIEU | 8 | Narrow bench for use by a person kneeling at prayer |
| 44% | GRASPING | 8 | Desperate for a reason; __ at straws |
| 44% | BACKYARD | 8 | Place for a cookout at home |
| 44% | AMP | 3 | Box used for sound at a concert |
| 44% | DOGGYBAGS | 9 | Containers used for leftovers at a restaurant |
| 43% | WATERBILL | 9 | Payment demand for H2O used by a home |
| 42% | AMP | 3 | Sound booster used at a rock concert, for short |
| 42% | RESIDENCY | 9 | Musical home for a period, such as at Las Vegas |
| 41% | ETC | 3 | Word used at the end, to suggest a complete list, for short |
| 40% | TYP | 3 | One skilled at using a keyboard, for short |
| 40% | PAIN | 4 | Reason for using an ice pack |
| 40% | CHILDREN | 8 | "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ___" (Tim Burton film set at a school) |
| 39% | TOLL | 4 | Charge for using a road |
| 39% | TOLL | 4 | Fee for using a road |
| 39% | TOLL | 4 | Fee for using a turnpike |
| 39% | ATTIC | 5 | Room accessed using a ladder, usually |
| 39% | CRISIS | 6 | Cause for using a hot line |
| 39% | TOLL | 4 | Charge someone for using a road |
| 39% | WHARFAGES | 9 | Fees charged for using a quay |