| 100% | REWARDS | 7 | Things given in return for good acts |
| 45% | SYNC | 4 | Good thing for teammates to be in |
| 42% | ALTRUISM | 8 | The act of selflessly doing good things for others |
| 42% | REPAYS | 6 | Gives in return |
| 42% | REQUITE | 7 | Give in return |
| 42% | SYNC | 4 | Good thing for a film's audio and video to be in |
| 41% | GOLDMINER | 9 | One for whom a flash in the pan is a good thing |
| 40% | EMMA | 4 | ___ Stone, actress who won her second Oscar for Best Actress in 2024 for starring in "Poor Things" |
| 40% | REWARD | 6 | Something given in return |
| 39% | SELLS | 5 | Gets money in return for |
| 39% | EARNS | 5 | Receives in return for effort |
| 39% | AVENGE | 6 | Inflict harm in return for |
| 39% | AVENGED | 7 | Harmed in return for harm caused |
| 39% | EARN | 4 | Get money in return for labour |
| 39% | EARN | 4 | Obtain money in return for labour |
| 39% | HUNTANDPECK | 11 | Two Oscar winners for best acting? |
| 38% | IRE | 3 | Medal given for the best investigative journalism that Reuters won for "Myanmar Burning" in 2018 (abbr.) |
| 38% | APLEA | 5 | Cop ___ (confess in return for lighter punishment) |
| 38% | LEESTRASBERG | 12 | Renowned acting teacher; Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The Godfather: Part II |
| 38% | SOLD | 4 | Gave in exchange for money |
| 38% | SELL | 4 | Give in exchange for money |
| 37% | EARN | 4 | Obtain money in return for labor or services |
| 37% | BRIBING | 7 | Gifting money in return for an illegal benefit |
| 37% | BLACKMAIL | 9 | Demand money in return for not releasing info |
| 37% | PRO | 3 | "Quid ___ Quo" (favor granted in return for something) |
| 37% | BOOKERPRIZE | 11 | . . . for best novel in English |
| 37% | EMBLEM | 6 | Yours truly twice getting pound in return for symbol |
| 37% | EARNER | 6 | Someone who obtains wages in return for their labor |
| 37% | SELL | 4 | To exchange something with someone in return for money |