| 100% | HOLDUP | 6 | Rob, as a stage |
| 72% | HAMUP | 5 | Exaggerate, as a stage role |
| 72% | FUNDS | 5 | Bankrolls, as a stage production |
| 72% | HAMUP | 5 | Overdo, as a stage role |
| 71% | ONCUE | 5 | Perfectly timed, as a stage entrance |
| 69% | CYCLORAMA | 9 | Curved wall used as a stage background |
| 68% | KEEPSFORPLAY | 12 | Doesn't throw away, as a stage prop? |
| 68% | ONCUE | 5 | Perfectly timed, as a stage entrance: 2 wds. |
| 67% | HELDUP | 6 | Robbed, as a bank: 2 wds. |
| 66% | SOLA | 4 | Alone, as a female on stage |
| 64% | PUTON | 5 | Stage, as a play |
| 64% | FAKED | 5 | Staged, as a disappearance |
| 64% | PUTSON | 6 | Stages, as a play |
| 63% | REENACT | 7 | Stage, as a historical drama |
| 63% | REENACT | 7 | Stage, as a historical scene |
| 63% | REENACT | 7 | Stage, as a historical battle |
| 63% | REENACTS | 8 | Stages, as a historical battle |
| 63% | REENACTS | 8 | Stages, as a historical event |
| 62% | REENACT | 7 | Stage, as a Civil War battle |
| 62% | PUTON | 5 | Stage, as a play: 2 wds. |
| 62% | REENACTS | 8 | Stages, as a Civil War battle |
| 60% | SALEMS | 6 | "___ Lot" (Stephen King novel adapted as a miniseries starring Rob Lowe) |
| 59% | EXEUNT | 6 | Leave stage as a group |
| 58% | RAPIDEYE | 8 | __ Movement, a sleeping stage also known as REM |
| 58% | NIAVARDALOS | 11 | "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" actress who adapted "Tiny Beautiful Things" as a stage play (2 wds.) |
| 57% | ENACT | 5 | Play a role or part, as if on stage |
| 57% | REENACT | 7 | Dramatically stage, as a historical event |
| 55% | GOINGINSTYLE | 12 | 2017 film with Morgan Freeman as a retiree who helps rob a bank: 3 wds. |
| 55% | LARVA | 5 | Insect stage such as a caterpillar |
| 55% | INSTANCE | 8 | Step or stage viewed as part of a series of events |