| 100% | PLOTTERS | 8 | They're involved in the scheme of things |
| 53% | HIERARCHS | 9 | They're high in the chain of command |
| 52% | ANTES | 5 | They're placed in the center of a table |
| 51% | SMALLPOTATOES | 13 | Insignificant in the grand scheme of things |
| 51% | FUTURES | 7 | They're traded in the Chicago Board of Trade |
| 50% | JOBS | 4 | They're listed in the "experience" part of a résumé |
| 50% | AMID | 4 | In the thick of things |
| 50% | MIDST | 5 | In the thick of things |
| 49% | PAWNS | 5 | They're the front line of defense, in chess |
| 49% | CONTRALTOFLUTES | 15 | They're in the key of G |
| 48% | ELS | 3 | They're in the midst of every collar |
| 48% | LIFTERS | 7 | They bring up heavy things in the name of self-improvement? |
| 47% | INGENUES | 8 | They're the picture of innocence, in the pictures |
| 47% | NETS | 4 | They're in the centers of Ping-Pong tables |
| 47% | IDTAGS | 6 | For dogs, they're often in the shape of bones |
| 47% | AMID | 4 | Right in the thick of things |
| 46% | HORNS | 5 | They're often in front of the percussion section in an orchestra |
| 45% | YORK | 4 | House involved in the Wars of the Roses |
| 45% | RNAASE | 6 | Enzyme involved in the hydrolysis of genetic material |
| 45% | TVCREW | 6 | Those involved in the production of "Beef," say |
| 45% | EGOS | 4 | They may get in the way of cooperation |
| 45% | ONBUTTONS | 9 | Things in the backs of Macs |
| 45% | ODDS | 4 | They're 1 in 139,838,160 of landing the winning numbers in EuroMillions |
| 45% | ACLU | 4 | Org. involved in the landmark Loving v. Virginia case of 1967 |
| 45% | EGOS | 4 | They can get in the way of a deal |
| 45% | EGOS | 4 | They may get in the way of an agreement |
| 45% | EGOS | 4 | They might get in the way of artistic collaboration |
| 45% | UNIONCARDS | 10 | Things in the wallets of many laborers |
| 45% | BEAUTIES | 8 | They're involved in pageantry |
| 45% | STAPLE | 6 | Thing in the center of a centerfold |