| 100% | RESCUE | 6 | Save from a dangerous situation |
| 92% | RESCUE | 6 | Save from a dangerous situation (a burning building, e.g.) |
| 71% | EVACUEE | 7 | One seeking refuge from a dangerous situation |
| 58% | SWATTEAM | 8 | Help in a dangerous situation |
| 56% | SALVAGED | 8 | Saved from a wrecked ship |
| 55% | BAILED | 6 | Saved from a jam, with "out" |
| 53% | FIREEXIT | 8 | Way out of a dangerous situation |
| 53% | ICE | 3 | "On thin ___" (in a dangerous situation) |
| 53% | ICE | 3 | On thin ___ (in a dangerous situation) |
| 53% | EVACUEE | 7 | Person moved from a dangerous area |
| 52% | FLEE | 4 | Escape from a troublesome situation |
| 52% | CASHES | 6 | ___ in (profits from a situation) |
| 51% | SLIPPERY | 8 | Type of slope that indicates a dangerous situation |
| 51% | STAMPEDE | 8 | Dangerous situation on a cattle ranch |
| 51% | HAIRY | 5 | Dangerous, as a situation |
| 50% | EVACUATES | 9 | Moves someone from a dangerous to a safer place |
| 50% | NOAH | 4 | Man who's saved from a flood in Genesis |
| 50% | FLEE | 4 | Escape from a situation, say |
| 47% | BULLET | 6 | To dodge one is to save yourself from a sticky situation |
| 45% | RELEASEDOFFBAIL | 15 | Excused from saving a sinking boat? |
| 45% | DOWNLOAD | 8 | A file saved from the internet |
| 44% | BAILOUT | 7 | Financial help to save a firm from bankruptcy |
| 43% | RESCUE | 6 | Save, as from a flood or fire |
| 43% | DOORDIE | 7 | A crux situation where there is only one way out from |
| 43% | FIREEXIT | 8 | Means of escape from a heated situation? |
| 42% | DAPHNE | 6 | Nymph in Greek mythology saved from Apollo by being changed into a laurel tree |
| 40% | MARNE | 5 | Site of a W.W. I battle that saved Paris from capture |
| 39% | MINEFIELD | 9 | Dangerous situation |
| 39% | HORNETSNEST | 11 | Dangerous situation |
| 39% | TINDERBOX | 9 | Dangerous situation |