| 100% | KRAB | 4 | The Krusty ___ (SpongeBob's workplace) |
| 91% | KRAB | 4 | The Krusty ___ (SpongeBob SquarePants's workplace) |
| 89% | KRAB | 4 | Krusty ___, SpongeBob's workplace in the animated TV series, "SpongeBob SquarePants" |
| 73% | KRAB | 4 | The Krusty ___ (SpongeBob's employer) |
| 70% | KRAB | 4 | The Krusty ___ (SpongeBob SquarePants’s employer) |
| 66% | KRAB | 4 | The Krusty ___ (eatery where SpongeBob SquarePants works) |
| 62% | KRAB | 4 | The Krusty ___ (restaurant where SpongeBob SquarePants works as a fry cook) |
| 61% | KRAB | 4 | The Krusty ___ ("SpongeBob SquarePants" eatery) |
| 61% | KRAB | 4 | The Krusty ___ ("SpongeBob SquarePants" restaurant) |
| 61% | KRAB | 4 | The Krusty ___ (“Spongebob Squarepants” restaurant) |
| 60% | KRAB | 4 | The Krusty ___ ("SpongeBob SquarePants" food joint) |
| 57% | OVAL | 4 | The ___ Office (president's workplace) |
| 51% | RABBI | 5 | Krusty the Clown's father, for example |
| 51% | SENATE | 6 | Obama's workplace before the White House |
| 49% | CHUM | 4 | ___ Bucket (unappetizing-sounding rival of the Krusty Krab, on “SpongeBob SquarePants”) |
| 48% | SIDESHOWBOB | 11 | Krusty the Clown's sidekick on 43-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | SIDEKICK | 8 | Sideshow Mel is Krusty's __ in The Simpsons |
| 47% | KAREN | 5 | Stephanie Hsu's role in the SpongeBob musical |
| 46% | FRYCOOKS | 8 | SpongeBob and, previously, Jim, at the Krusty Krab |
| 46% | GARY | 4 | SpongeBob's pet sea snail in the animated children's TV series, "SpongeBob SquarePants" |
| 45% | WAGEGAP | 7 | Feminist issue in the workplace |
| 45% | HIREE | 5 | New addition in the workplace |
| 45% | GLASSCEILING | 12 | Invisible impediment in the workplace |
| 45% | OFFSITE | 7 | Done away from the workplace |
| 45% | HIRE | 4 | Add employees to the workplace |
| 45% | MEMO | 4 | Written communication in the workplace |
| 45% | ETNA | 4 | The Cyclopes' workplace |
| 45% | INDEX | 5 | The S&P ___ |
| 44% | SPONGEBOB | 9 | Fry cook at the Krusty Krab |
| 44% | MINE | 4 | The 7 dwarfs' workplace |