| 100% | EDS | 3 | They're paid to have the last wd. |
| 51% | SLEDS | 5 | They're inclined to have fun in the winter |
| 50% | USESUP | 6 | Has the last of (2 wds.) |
| 47% | UPTOWNFUNK | 10 | 2014 Mark Ronson hit that later had to give members of the Gap Band songwriting credits: 2 wds. |
| 46% | OBITS | 5 | They'll have the last word |
| 45% | YESES | 5 | The last sentence in "Ulysses" has nine of them |
| 45% | DUES | 4 | They have to be paid |
| 45% | PROBOWLERS | 10 | They're paid to strike |
| 45% | PROS | 4 | They're paid to play |
| 45% | ANTES | 5 | They're paid to play |
| 45% | AFFORD | 6 | Have the funds to be able to pay for something |
| 45% | REFS | 4 | They're paid to make calls |
| 45% | MODELS | 6 | They're paid to be shot |
| 44% | HEED | 4 | The educator has to pay attention |
| 44% | HEED | 4 | The editor has to pay attention |
| 44% | BEARD | 5 | Benjamin Harrison was the last President to have one |
| 43% | PASTLIVES | 9 | Believers in reincarnation may claim to have them: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DACHSHUNDS | 10 | They have their ears close to the ground |
| 43% | ORDERIN | 7 | Have lunch delivered to the office (2 wds.) |
| 43% | INCOMETAX | 9 | Money paid to the US Treasury in mid-April: 2 wds. |
| 42% | RANATAB | 7 | Planned to pay later, at the bar |
| 41% | GOTO | 4 | "I have to ___ the bank today" (visit): 2 wds. |
| 41% | NEDLUDD | 7 | Supposed Leicestershire weaver alleged to have destroyed industrial machinery in the late 18th century |
| 41% | ASPS | 4 | The snakes in Indiana Jones' "Why do they have to be snakes?" |
| 41% | ATTICFANS | 9 | They provide air circulation to the top stories of houses: 2 wds. |
| 40% | PAPERBACK | 9 | Softcover book, and what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 40% | FINALEDITS | 10 | They’re put to the proof? |
| 40% | ABODES | 6 | They're the places to be! |
| 40% | LUDD | 4 | Ned —, supposed Leicestershire weaver alleged to have destroyed industrial machinery in the late 18th century |
| 40% | MORNINGTRAIN | 12 | 1981 #1 hit for Sheena Easton that had the subtitle "Nine to Five": 2 wds. |