| 100% | AWL | 3 | Shoemaker's need to punch holes (anagram of "law") |
| 73% | AWL | 3 | Shoemaker's need to punch holes |
| 42% | SILENT | 6 | "You need to be ___ to listen," popular phrase with the anagram of "listen" |
| 42% | AWL | 3 | Hole-punching tool (anagram of "law") |
| 40% | AWL | 3 | Tool that's used to punch holes in leather |
| 40% | PROOF | 5 | What's needed to convict someone of a crime |
| 39% | AWL | 3 | Tool used to punch holes |
| 38% | AWL | 3 | A cobbler's tool used to punch holes |
| 38% | AWL | 3 | Tool cobblers use to punch holes |
| 38% | AWL | 3 | Tool used to punch holes in leather |
| 38% | AWL | 3 | Tool used by cobblers to punch holes |
| 38% | AWL | 3 | Use this to punch holes in leather |
| 37% | AWL | 3 | A cobbler's tool, used to punch holes in leather |
| 36% | AWL | 3 | Pointed tool that a cobbler uses to punch holes |
| 36% | AWL | 3 | Shoemaker's hole-punching tool |
| 36% | AWL | 3 | Shoemaker's hole-punching implement |
| 35% | AVER | 4 | Anagram of "Vera" which means to declare firmly |
| 35% | BOREDOM | 7 | Anagram of "bedroom" to mean a yawn inducer |
| 35% | ACTOR | 5 | Apt anagram of CO-STAR - S |
| 35% | ABE | 3 | Anagram of "Bea" which may refer to a president |
| 35% | LAID | 4 | Anagram of "dial" which means to put in place |
| 35% | ABE | 3 | Anagram of 33d that refers to an "honest" president |
| 35% | ELIASHOWE | 9 | Apt anagram of "I sew a hole" |
| 35% | IDONTBITE | 9 | "No need to be scared of me" |
| 34% | ALOAF | 5 | "I need to buy ___ of bread": 2 wds. |
| 34% | CANOE | 5 | Anagram of 2-Down, or something used to travel on it |
| 33% | TOGETHER | 8 | Beatle song anagram of "got to cheer me": Come __ |
| 33% | SETSBAIL | 8 | Determines the money needed to get out of jail |
| 33% | BAILIFF | 7 | An officer stationed in a court of law to oversee |
| 33% | ROBOCOP | 7 | "The Future of Law Enforcement," according to a 1987 movie |