| 100% | SLUSHPILE | 9 | Stack for a publisher’s assistant, colloquially |
| 50% | MSS | 3 | Stack on a publisher's desk, briefly |
| 47% | REAM | 4 | Stack for a printer |
| 46% | CDS | 3 | Stack for a '90s DJ |
| 46% | IGOR | 4 | Clichéd name for a mad scientist's assistant |
| 46% | IGOR | 4 | Typical name for a mad scientist's assistant |
| 46% | IGOR | 4 | Popular name for a mad scientist's assistant |
| 45% | CDS | 3 | Stack for a 1990s DJ, for short |
| 43% | CLK | 3 | Judge's assistant, for short (also a Mercedes Benz car) |
| 41% | HEYSIRI | 7 | Summons for a certain assistant |
| 41% | IGOR | 4 | Name for a movie assistant |
| 41% | SLEEVE | 6 | Packaging for a stack of cookies |
| 41% | IGOR | 4 | Clichéd name for a lab assistant |
| 41% | IGOR | 4 | Classic name for a lab assistant |
| 41% | IGOR | 4 | Clichéd name for a laboratory assistant |
| 40% | ELF | 3 | Assistant for a mall Santa |
| 39% | CURATE | 6 | Priest's assistant who is responsible for a parish |
| 38% | SEDAN | 5 | Order for a "D, E, A, N, S" list? |
| 38% | DEADARM | 7 | Shoulder condition for many a pitcher, colloquially |
| 38% | ANDES | 5 | Another order for a "D, E, A, N, S" list? |
| 38% | MANFRIDAY | 9 | Assistant named for a Defoe character |
| 37% | JOHNNEWBERY | 11 | Publisher for whom a kid-lit award is named |
| 37% | PONCHO | 6 | S. American top with a slit for the head |
| 36% | BOT | 3 | Many a modern customer-care assistant, for short |
| 36% | WOODPILE | 8 | Stack of logs for a fireplace |
| 36% | OUIJA | 5 | Board for a séance |
| 35% | EDS | 3 | Publisher's staff for short |
| 35% | MSS | 3 | Publisher's pile, for short |
| 35% | ARTHURASHE | 10 | . . . for a sports figure's humanitarianism |
| 35% | SIDEKICK | 8 | A superhero's assistant |