| 100% | ALMAMATER | 9 | School for which one feels nostalgic |
| 60% | VOCATION | 8 | Career for which one feels particularly suitable |
| 46% | DEBT | 4 | For which one might ask for forgiveness |
| 45% | MISS | 4 | Feel nostalgic for |
| 45% | TORT | 4 | Action for which one seeks damages |
| 44% | ARSON | 5 | Crime for which one takes the heat |
| 44% | IMPECCABLETASTE | 15 | Discrimination for which one cannot be faulted |
| 43% | LIONTAMING | 10 | Performance for which one might grab a chair |
| 43% | LIMBO | 5 | Activity for which one must bend over backward |
| 43% | IPAD | 4 | Device for which one might purchase a Smart Keyboard |
| 42% | POKERGAME | 9 | Activity for which one hopes to get a good deal? |
| 42% | ALMAMATER | 9 | School from which one has graduated (2 wds.) |
| 42% | YOKE | 4 | For which two heads are better than one? |
| 41% | SENECA | 6 | Iroquois tribe for which one of the Finger Lakes is named |
| 40% | FIELDTRIP | 9 | One use for a school bus |
| 40% | PENITENT | 8 | Feeling regret for one’s sins |
| 40% | PATRIOTIC | 9 | Feeling love for one's country |
| 39% | FLEECED | 7 | The way one feels for paying through the nose |
| 39% | ASHAMED | 7 | Feeling strong remorse for one's actions |
| 39% | PINED | 5 | Felt nostalgic (for) |
| 39% | TRI | 3 | Race in which one begins in a wetsuit, for short |
| 39% | MAG | 3 | Something for which two eds may be better than one |
| 38% | PITYPARTY | 9 | Celebration for when one feels sorry for themself |
| 38% | SNORKELERS | 10 | Ones who may be looking for a school? |
| 38% | ARTCOLLEGE | 10 | Parsons School of Design, for one |
| 37% | MCDONALDS | 9 | Company for which about one in eight U.S. workers has worked |
| 37% | LASH | 4 | One on the eyelid which is a target for mascara? |
| 37% | ANGST | 5 | No one understands me! feeling for many teens |
| 37% | ESD | 3 | Group of schools in one area, for short |
| 36% | FELLOW | 6 | For he's a jolly good one, which nobody can deny |