| 100% | HARE | 4 | The one who raced with a Tortoise |
| 57% | SKYWRITER | 9 | One who scrawls words in the air with a plane |
| 57% | DISH | 4 | One who ran away with the spoon, in a nursery rhyme |
| 55% | LAST | 4 | Like one who crossed the line after everyone, in a race |
| 53% | HARE | 4 | Animal who lost to the tortoise in a fabled race |
| 52% | STRAGGLER | 9 | In a foot race, the one who falls behind |
| 51% | ROADIE | 6 | One who tours with a band |
| 51% | ATTY | 4 | One who works with a code: Abbr. |
| 51% | LIAR | 4 | One who speaks with a forked tongue |
| 50% | TORERO | 6 | One who deals with a lot of bull? |
| 49% | DIRECTOR | 8 | The one who yells "cut" on a movie set |
| 49% | FOYT | 4 | A J —, US motor racing driver who won the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans with Dan Gurney |
| 49% | HARE | 4 | Aesop racer who competed with a tortoise |
| 49% | ELECTEE | 7 | One who wins a race |
| 49% | USHER | 5 | One who's with the program? |
| 48% | HARE | 4 | One who lost to a tortoise in a fable? |
| 48% | HARE | 4 | One who lost to a tortoise in a fable |
| 48% | SEER | 4 | One who with the power of prophesy |
| 48% | HARE | 4 | Rodent who raced a tortoise |
| 48% | LYRICIST | 8 | One who has a way with words |
| 48% | DOC | 3 | The one with a stethoscope, for short |
| 48% | BEAST | 5 | The one who Beauty falls in love with in the fairy tale |
| 47% | LABOURER | 8 | One who works with the hands, Brit. spelling |
| 47% | SEER | 4 | One who predicts the future (rhymes with "deer") |
| 47% | NEWSJUNKIE | 10 | One who might keep up with the Times |
| 47% | NARCOLEPTIC | 11 | One who might be diagnosed with a polysomnogram |
| 47% | WEDGEEARNER | 11 | One who gets a piece of the pie? |
| 47% | TABLETHUNTER | 12 | One who dropped a pill on the floor? |
| 47% | COINDEALER | 10 | One who knows the value of a dollar |
| 47% | SIRI | 4 | One who talks on the phone a lot? |