| 100% | TESTER | 6 | Someone whose task is trying |
| 51% | UBERDRIVER | 10 | Someone whose work is picking up? |
| 50% | ANON | 4 | Someone whose identity is unknown, for short |
| 50% | LOCKSMITH | 9 | Someone whose work is related to keys |
| 50% | EXTREMIST | 9 | Someone whose views are anything but moderate |
| 50% | LIAR | 4 | Someone whose pants may be on fire? |
| 49% | PLUTOCRAT | 9 | Someone whose power is due to their wealth |
| 49% | PISCEAN | 7 | Someone whose star sign is the two fishes |
| 49% | BAKER | 5 | Someone whose job is a piece of cake? |
| 48% | SURVEYOR | 8 | Someone whose job is to examine an area of land |
| 47% | LEO | 3 | Sign of someone whose half-birthday is Groundhog Day |
| 46% | GUS | 3 | Nickname for someone whose full name is a calendar month |
| 45% | EMO | 3 | Like someone whose Myspace status is "dont talk to me >w |
| 45% | DONTMINDME | 10 | Remark from someone trying to be inconspicuous |
| 44% | READ | 4 | Left on ___ (like someone whose texts have been seen but not answered) |
| 43% | ALEC | 4 | Someone whose nature is often seen as irritating, since they pretend to know it all |
| 43% | ABES | 4 | People who try to be like someone else: wann___ |
| 43% | ABES | 4 | Those who try to be like someone else: wann___ |
| 42% | GRAY | 4 | R&B singer Macy whose first hit was "I Try" |
| 41% | MACYGRAY | 8 | "I Try" singer, whose last name is a color: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ATBAR | 5 | Being tried |
| 38% | ANGIE | 5 | Rolling Stones hit whose last line is "We can't say we never tried" |
| 38% | INABSENTIA | 10 | One way to be tried |
| 38% | ATBAR | 5 | Being tried, legally |
| 37% | MEANT | 5 | Was trying to say |
| 37% | ATBAR | 5 | Being tried, in law |
| 36% | ATBAR | 5 | Being tried, as a case |
| 36% | COSMONAUT | 9 | Someone like Yelena Serova, say, whose old job title was derived from the Greek words for "universe" and "sailor" |
| 36% | DIVORCEE | 8 | Someone whose marriage has legally ended |
| 35% | SLOGS | 5 | Trying tasks |