| 100% | HOPSTOIT | 8 | Starts working with vigor (3 wds.) |
| 59% | GETTOIT | 7 | "What are you standing there for? Start working!": 3 wds. |
| 48% | TEAMEDUP | 8 | Started working as a group: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ANNAKENDRICK | 12 | "Pitch Perfect 3" star whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 47% | TEAMUP | 6 | Start working together rather than individually: 2 wds. |
| 45% | TALKSHOP | 8 | Discuss work with colleagues (2 wds.) |
| 45% | LOISLANE | 8 | Female reporter who works with Clark Kent: 2 wds. |
| 44% | NIGHT | 5 | With 3-Down, unpopular work hours, for many |
| 43% | THINONTOP | 9 | Starting to go bald: 3 wds. |
| 43% | HARD | 4 | With 3-Down, it's definitely not light work |
| 42% | CHEECHMARIN | 11 | Mexican-American comedian best known for working with Tommy Chong: 2 wds. |
| 42% | LETUPON | 7 | Become more lenient with: 3 wds. |
| 42% | SITONIT | 7 | Delay dealing with something: 3 wds. |
| 42% | ALAMODE | 7 | With ice cream: 3 wds. |
| 41% | EPICNOVEL | 9 | Work of fiction with many characters and story lines: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SETTO | 5 | Begin doing something with vigor (2 wds) |
| 41% | ITSNOUSE | 8 | "This will never work": 3 wds. |
| 40% | HEREIGO | 7 | "Watch me get started!": 3 wds. |
| 40% | UPTOA | 5 | ___ point (with limitations): 3 wds. |
| 39% | NOSURPRISE | 10 | 2009 Daughtry song whose title starts with an "answer": 2 wds. |
| 39% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who has worked with director Tim Burton on eight movies including "Edward Scissorhands": 2 wds. |
| 39% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | Actor who has worked with the Coen brothers on five movies including "Intolerable Cruelty": 2 wds. |
| 39% | JOHNMALKOVICH | 13 | "Eleni" star who worked with Steven Spielberg in "Empire Of The Sun" in 1987: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ICECREAMSUNDAE | 14 | Treat with hot fudge: 3 wds. |
| 39% | STATUEOFLIBERTY | 15 | Landmark with a torch: 3 wds. |
| 39% | LUDWIGVAN | 9 | With 49-Across, classical composer who wrote many works after becoming deaf: 2 wds. |
| 39% | NNEKAOGWUMIKE | 13 | 2016 WNBA MVP whose name starts with a double letter: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BILLMURRAY | 10 | Actor who has worked with Wes Anderson on eight movies including "The Grand Budapest Hotel": 2 wds. |
| 38% | INASEC | 6 | "Be right with you" (3 wds.) |
| 38% | CUTSIN | 6 | Starts working |