| 100% | MINERS | 6 | Their work is in vein |
| 57% | HOERS | 5 | Their work is groundbreaking? |
| 56% | MIDWIVES | 8 | Their work is labor-intensive? |
| 56% | MINERS | 6 | Their work is very underground |
| 55% | ROOFERS | 7 | Their work is on the house |
| 53% | BREWS | 5 | Is in the works |
| 53% | BREW | 4 | Be in the works |
| 52% | PROSE | 5 | An essayist's work is in it |
| 49% | MANAGE | 6 | Be in charge of, as a work group |
| 49% | NASA | 4 | Its work is done in stages |
| 49% | TESTED | 6 | Known to be in working order |
| 49% | ELF | 3 | Immortal being in Tolkien's works |
| 48% | BOSS | 4 | Person who is in charge at work |
| 48% | ATTHETOP | 8 | Where sharks are in their food chain |
| 47% | TINSMITH | 8 | Artisan whose work is featured in this puzzle? |
| 47% | ERS | 3 | Where critical work is done in hospitals: Abbr. |
| 47% | SRS | 3 | Students who are in their final year: Abbr. |
| 47% | BRAS | 4 | Their sizes are measured in cups |
| 47% | CALCULATORS | 11 | Their figures are seen in displays |
| 47% | VICTOR | 6 | __ Hugo, French novelist whose work is set in Paris |
| 46% | PILOTS | 6 | Their prospects are up in the air |
| 46% | LORDLIEST | 9 | Milton said Lords are __ in their wine |
| 46% | ATOMS | 5 | Their size may be measured in angstroms |
| 46% | WHISTLE | 7 | __ While You Work was sung in Disney's Snow White |
| 46% | EUBIE | 5 | Jazzman Blake whose work was showcased in a Broadway musical |
| 45% | ORATORS | 7 | Their addresses are not in the phone book |
| 45% | NEWTS | 5 | Their eyes may be used in witches' brews |
| 45% | OPEC | 4 | Their 2008 meeting was last week in Algeria |
| 45% | DECIMAL | 7 | Claimed to be working in tens |
| 45% | SEUSS | 5 | Popular author most of whose work is written in anapestic tetrameter |