| 100% | TELLERS | 7 | They're concerned with checks and balances |
| 74% | BANKER | 6 | One concerned with checks and balances |
| 73% | CPA | 3 | One concerned with checks and balances: Abbr. |
| 63% | POETS | 5 | They're concerned with feet and meters |
| 59% | PAYER | 5 | One with checks and balances? |
| 58% | TREASURERS | 10 | Group associated with checks and balances |
| 58% | BANK | 4 | Establishment associated with checks and balances |
| 57% | CPA | 3 | One working with checks and balances, for short |
| 50% | PAPARAZZI | 9 | They're concerned with shooting stars |
| 46% | DEER | 4 | They're associated with licks and ticks |
| 46% | ARTS | 4 | They're paired with crafts and sciences |
| 46% | POEMS | 5 | They're measured with feet and meters |
| 46% | MCS | 3 | They're associated with roasting and toasting |
| 44% | PLURAL | 6 | Like checks and balances? |
| 44% | SENATE | 6 | House check and balance |
| 43% | CPA | 3 | One doing checks and balances? |
| 43% | ATMS | 4 | Spots for checks and balances? |
| 43% | BANKS | 5 | Places of checks and balances |
| 43% | LATS | 4 | They're worked with pull-ups and pull-downs |
| 43% | BANK | 4 | Business that has checks and balances |
| 43% | ATM | 3 | Device used for checks and balances |
| 42% | MORAL | 5 | Concerned with right and wrong |
| 41% | ACCOUNTS | 8 | They're logged into with usernames and passwords |
| 41% | LATKES | 6 | They're usually eaten with applesauce and sour cream |
| 39% | BOUGIE | 6 | Concerned with wealth, possessions and respectability, in modern lingo |
| 39% | ECON | 4 | Subj. concerned with booms, crashes and panics |
| 39% | TRIG | 4 | Class concerned with sin, cos and sec |
| 39% | PBA | 3 | Org. concerned with strikes, spares, and turkeys |
| 38% | RHINO | 5 | Animal with "white" and "black" varieties (really, they're both gray) |
| 38% | EPA | 3 | Organization concerned with clean air and water: Abbr. |