| 100% | CUE | 3 | Stick used in "The Color of Money" and "The Hustler" |
| 65% | PAUL | 4 | ___ Newman, actor who has 2 Oscar nominations for the same character, in "The Hustler" and "The Color of Money" |
| 63% | RGB | 3 | Color model widely used in the display of images in televisions and computers |
| 63% | PAULNEWMAN | 10 | Actor who stars in the film adaptations of the Walter Tevis novels "The Color of Money" and "The Hustler" (2 wds.) |
| 60% | CUESTICKS | 9 | Sports equipment used in the film "The Color of Money" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | CASH | 4 | Money in the form of bills and coins |
| 55% | TEVIS | 5 | Walter who wrote "The Hustler" and "The Color of Money" |
| 53% | CASHFLOW | 8 | The movement of money in and out of a company |
| 52% | CUE | 3 | Prop in "The Color of Money" |
| 52% | POOL | 4 | Game played in "The Color of Money" |
| 52% | NEWMAN | 6 | Paul —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The Color of Money |
| 50% | SUET | 4 | Hard fat around the kidneys of cattle and sheep used in cooking |
| 50% | SAND | 4 | Makeup of the pit used in a long jump track and field event |
| 49% | PEACH | 5 | Color named for the interior flesh of the fruit used in cobbler |
| 49% | GREEN | 5 | The color of money |
| 48% | STUMP | 5 | Any of the three upright wooden sticks used in cricket to form part of a wicket |
| 48% | HEDYLAMARR | 10 | Actress and co-inventor of the spread-spectrum technology used in Bluetooth |
| 48% | NEWMAN | 6 | Paul ___, actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the movie "The Color of Money" in 1986 |
| 47% | ECONOMICS | 9 | The study of money and markets |
| 47% | BLUE | 4 | The color of sapphires and Smurfs |
| 47% | RENNET | 6 | Substance prepared from the stomachs of calves used in making cheese and junket |
| 47% | HELLE | 5 | Figure in the tale of Jason and the Argonauts |
| 47% | USE | 3 | "It's in the Way That You ___ It" (song in "The Color of Money") |
| 47% | AERIE | 5 | Class of starships used as colony ships and surveyors commissioned in the year 2347 |
| 47% | LARD | 4 | Fat from the abdomen of a pig rendered and clarified for use in cooking |
| 46% | USE | 3 | "It's in the Way That You ___ It" (Clapton song in "The Color of Money") |
| 46% | EPEE | 4 | Sword used in the sport of fencing |
| 46% | WAX | 3 | Material used in the wings of Icarus |
| 46% | EPEE | 4 | Weapon used in the sport of fencing |
| 46% | USE | 3 | "It's in the Way That You ___ It" (Eric Clapton song in "The Color of Money") |