| 100% | RAWDEAL | 7 | The short end of the stick, so to speak |
| 64% | LOSEOUT | 7 | Get the short end of the stick |
| 64% | LOSESOUT | 8 | Gets the short end of the stick |
| 64% | SHAFTED | 7 | Given the short end of the stick |
| 63% | RAWDEAL | 7 | Short end of the stick |
| 63% | BUMDEAL | 7 | Short end of the stick |
| 63% | STUB | 4 | Short end of the stick |
| 58% | TOLD | 4 | Let the cat out of the bag, so to speak |
| 58% | PILLARS | 7 | Important members of the community, so to speak |
| 57% | NOSE | 4 | Scenter of the face, so to speak |
| 56% | TRACKDOWNARUMOR | 15 | Find the start of the story, so to speak |
| 56% | TESTED | 6 | Kicked the tires of, so to speak |
| 56% | TESTS | 5 | Kicks the tires of, so to speak |
| 56% | URGE | 4 | Twist the arm of, so to speak |
| 54% | ABCTV | 5 | Part of the Disney family, so to speak |
| 53% | AWAKE | 5 | Out of the arms of Morpheus, so to speak |
| 53% | MOVIEMAGIC | 10 | Razzle-dazzle of the film industry, so to speak |
| 51% | MEGA | 4 | Half of what MMMM solvers try to find before the end of the year, for short |
| 50% | INABIND | 7 | Stuck, so to speak |
| 49% | DISFAVOR | 8 | The doghouse, so to speak |
| 49% | WORDOFMOUTH | 11 | The grapevine, so to speak |
| 49% | FATE | 4 | The stars, so to speak |
| 49% | LASTSECOND | 10 | The "wire," so to speak |
| 49% | AKIN | 4 | Of a feather, so to speak |
| 49% | ETCETERA | 8 | Latin phrase often used at the end of a list to mean "and so on" |
| 47% | DYNASTY | 7 | The Kennedys or the Bushes, so to speak |
| 47% | SHORT | 5 | Got the ___ end of the stick (lost out) |
| 47% | PROVE | 5 | Make it stick, so to speak |
| 47% | UPSTAIRS | 8 | In the brain, so to speak |
| 47% | WED | 3 | Take the plunge, so to speak |