| 100% | RAT | 3 | Snitch on someone, with "out" |
| 71% | RATTED | 6 | Snitched on, with "out" |
| 67% | TELL | 4 | Snitch on someone |
| 62% | RELY | 4 | Depend on someone with full trust |
| 59% | ATLAS | 5 | Someone with a lot on his shoulders |
| 58% | ONADATE | 7 | Out with someone |
| 58% | LIAR | 4 | Someone with "pants on fire," so they say |
| 58% | LIAR | 4 | Someone with "pants on fire," in a rhyme |
| 55% | PAROLE | 6 | Out for someone on the inside |
| 55% | PAL | 3 | Someone you hang out with socially |
| 55% | TRIPPER | 7 | Someone on a journey or outing |
| 55% | DOWNONONESNIECE | 15 | On the outs with a relative? |
| 54% | STOWAWAY | 8 | Someone who hides out on a ship |
| 54% | PAL | 3 | Someone you like to hang out with |
| 54% | AKIMBO | 6 | With hands on hips and elbows out |
| 54% | DATED | 5 | Went out with someone special |
| 54% | DATING | 6 | Going out with someone, romantically |
| 53% | AWAY | 4 | Like someone with an automated out-of-office reply, probably |
| 53% | ICANT | 5 | Words from someone with too much on their plate already |
| 53% | OFFICE | 6 | Out of __, email status of someone on holiday |
| 53% | TAKE | 4 | With 45-Across, focus directly on hitting someone |
| 53% | BENDANEAR | 9 | Go on and on with someone |
| 53% | DATEDUP | 7 | Went out with someone wealthier, say |
| 53% | DATE | 4 | Night out with a special someone |
| 53% | RAT | 3 | "___ on someone" (snitch) |
| 53% | TELL | 4 | ___ on someone (snitch) |
| 52% | OLD | 3 | Like someone with a lot of candles on their birthday cake |
| 52% | PROTESTER | 9 | Someone who speaks out on behalf of a cause |
| 52% | ONADATE | 7 | Out for dinner with someone new, perhaps: 3 wds. |
| 52% | BUMPER | 6 | Outer bar on vehicle, can be adorned with stickers |