| 100% | SLOG | 4 | To plod steadily through a difficult experience |
| 39% | TIDED | 5 | ___ over (helped through a difficult time) |
| 35% | WADE | 4 | Plod through a crowd, say |
| 35% | VIA | 3 | Travelling through a place to reach a destination |
| 35% | DRAINED | 7 | Sieved pasta through a colander to remove water |
| 35% | UNDERGO | 7 | Experience something difficult, like a surgery |
| 34% | BATH | 4 | Difficult thing to give a cat |
| 34% | PUMPING | 7 | Forcing air through a tube to fill a tire |
| 34% | SKIMREAD | 8 | Quickly flick through a book to get the gist |
| 34% | BUYOUT | 6 | To gain a controlling interest through purchase |
| 34% | VIA | 3 | "Passing through," to a traveler |
| 34% | VIA | 3 | Going through, to a traveler |
| 33% | DENSER | 6 | More difficult to get through to |
| 33% | MURK | 4 | It's difficult to see through |
| 33% | IMMUNITY | 8 | Resistance to a toxin through antibodies |
| 33% | AIRY | 4 | Allowing a breeze to come through |
| 33% | STAKE | 5 | You drive this through a vampire's heart to kill one |
| 32% | SEEIT | 5 | ___ through (handle a project to completion): 2 wds. |
| 32% | TRAUMA | 6 | Something to work through with a therapist |
| 32% | STEEP | 5 | Difficult to climb, in a way |
| 32% | STEEP | 5 | Like a mountain that's difficult to ascend |
| 32% | STAINING | 8 | Leaving a mark that's difficult to remove |
| 32% | ELECTRIC | 8 | Energy used to power a train through wires |
| 32% | REHEARSE | 8 | To run through a performance without an audience |
| 32% | LOAN | 4 | Money to help one through a tight spot |
| 32% | STEEP | 5 | Difficult to climb, as a mountain trail |
| 32% | ONELANE | 7 | Difficult to pass on, in a way |
| 31% | WHISTLING | 9 | Forcing air through your lips to make a sound |
| 31% | DASHCAM | 7 | Device to record view through a car's windscreen |
| 31% | PARASAILING | 11 | Soaring through the air while tethered to a motorboat |