| 100% | POSE | 4 | Something you might have to sit still for |
| 59% | AAH | 3 | Something you may have to say to the doc. |
| 57% | REBATE | 6 | You may have to send for it |
| 57% | COLOGNE | 7 | Something you may have to douse yourself with after a close shave |
| 56% | FIRESALE | 8 | Something you might have while trying to move quickly |
| 55% | MEAL | 4 | You might want to sit down for this |
| 55% | HOOPS | 5 | You might have to jump through them to get something done |
| 55% | SIN | 3 | Something you may need to atone for |
| 54% | TENNIS | 6 | Something you'll have to go to court for? |
| 53% | PAYCOD | 6 | What you may have to do for goods bought by mail order |
| 52% | MAIL | 4 | Something you may ask to have held while you're away |
| 52% | FAIR | 4 | Where you might have to exchange tickets for food |
| 51% | GREASE | 6 | Something you might have to do to your cookie sheet prior to slinging your oatmeal-banana-raisin vegan cookies in the oven |
| 51% | BIG | 3 | Like news you might have someone sit down for |
| 51% | FREEGIFT | 8 | Something you don't have to pay for, redundantly |
| 49% | ISPY | 4 | Game in which you might have to find "something blue" |
| 49% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | URGES | 5 | You might have to fight them |
| 48% | STEP | 4 | You may have to watch yours |
| 48% | REENTER | 7 | ... you may have to ___ it |
| 48% | WIFI | 4 | Something a houseguest might ask you for the password to: Hyph. |
| 47% | CHATROOM | 8 | Something you might have a handle on |
| 47% | DESK | 4 | You might have to work on it |
| 47% | ACHIP | 5 | Something you may have on your shoulder |
| 47% | ECOLI | 5 | Something you might have a gut feeling about? |
| 47% | AREA | 4 | You might have to find it in geometry |
| 47% | REEDIT | 6 | What you might have to do when you find your earth-shattering column on dandelions is 372 words too long for the space allowed |
| 46% | WONTONSOUP | 10 | Something you might have before the drunken shrimp, say |
| 46% | ICER | 4 | You might have to eat this person's words |
| 46% | ATTIC | 5 | Room where you may have to stoop |