| 100% | SETTLE | 6 | To agree upon, close out an account |
| 40% | EKED | 4 | ___ out an existence (barely managed to survive) |
| 40% | EKE | 3 | ___ out an existence (barely manage to survive) |
| 40% | EKE | 3 | ___ out an existence (struggle to get by) |
| 40% | EKE | 3 | ___ out an existence (live paycheck to paycheck) |
| 39% | SEAL | 4 | Close to an animal |
| 39% | EKED | 4 | ___ out an existence (barely managed to get by) |
| 38% | ONEDGE | 6 | Close to freaking out (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ORELSE | 6 | Threatening close to an order |
| 37% | WITHDRAW | 8 | To take money out of a bank account |
| 37% | QUESTIONS | 9 | An interviewer asks these to find out information |
| 36% | INT | 3 | Posting to an S&L account |
| 36% | PERK | 4 | Access to an expense account, perhaps |
| 36% | LATETAG | 7 | Reason to challenge an out call |
| 36% | LIES | 4 | "History is a set of ___ agreed upon" (remark attributed to Napoleon) |
| 36% | ROBE | 4 | Outer garment that has a sash to close it |
| 36% | PEST | 4 | Pets turn out to be an irritation |
| 35% | GRAINY | 6 | An image that is unclear and hard to make out |
| 35% | HUG | 3 | ___ it out (put an end to an argument) |
| 35% | LOWERINGTHEBOOM | 15 | Positioning an overhead microphone closer to an actor? |
| 35% | BYROW | 5 | One way to file out of an auditorium |
| 35% | PERI | 4 | Prefix with "meter" to mean an outer boundary |
| 34% | SEAL | 4 | Aquatic mammal or a way to close an envelope |
| 34% | VACAY | 5 | Time to set an out-of-office message, slangily |
| 34% | BAR | 3 | Location to hang out and have an alcoholic drink |
| 34% | MILESAPART | 10 | Not even close to agreeing |
| 34% | BALLGAME | 8 | *Something to "take me out to," in an old song |
| 34% | CAMEL | 5 | Animal whose nostrils can close to block out blowing sand |
| 34% | EVACUATED | 9 | When a building is cleared out due to an emergency |
| 34% | SPORTSMAN | 9 | Tramp's son turned out to be an outdoor type |