| 100% | ICEHOTELS | 9 | Tourist lodges that must be rebuilt every year |
| 42% | SHORTTERM | 9 | Like loans that must be repaid within a year |
| 39% | ANNUALLY | 8 | Things that are done every year |
| 35% | INSIDE | 6 | "___ Weddings," wedding magazine that is published four times a year, once every season |
| 35% | DUTY | 4 | Obligation that must be fulfilled |
| 35% | QUOTA | 5 | Workload that must be met |
| 35% | QUOTA | 5 | Number that must be met |
| 35% | DEBTS | 5 | Amounts that must be repaid |
| 35% | THESIS | 6 | Project that must be defended |
| 34% | ISR | 3 | Country that hosts the Maccabiah Games every four years, the next being next year (abbr.) |
| 34% | TAXABLESTAKES | 13 | *Prize money that must be declared? |
| 34% | LOANS | 5 | Bank offerings that must be repaid |
| 34% | LET | 3 | Tennis shot that must be replayed |
| 34% | EEL | 3 | Sushi fish that must be cooked |
| 34% | LOAN | 4 | Bank offering that must be repaid |
| 34% | LOAN | 4 | College financial aid that must be repaid |
| 34% | TOLLROAD | 8 | Motoring route that must be paid for |
| 34% | EEL | 3 | Sushi fish that must be served cooked |
| 33% | HALLEY | 6 | Comet that is visible from Earth every 75-76 years and was last seen in 1986 |
| 33% | RENTALS | 7 | What some items that must be returned are |
| 33% | SAXOPHONE | 9 | Instrument that must be played with the mouth |
| 33% | HOTEL | 5 | Lodging that could be "five-star" |
| 32% | AEIOU | 5 | Letters that must be bought on "Wheel of Fortune" |
| 32% | PLANTAIN | 8 | Green, starchy banana that must be cooked to eat |
| 32% | AMEX | 4 | Credit card company that must be paid off monthly |
| 32% | PCR | 3 | COVID test that must be sent to a lab |
| 32% | HDL | 3 | Cholesterol that must be high for good heart health: Abbr. |
| 31% | EMMA | 4 | Girls' name that's been top five in the U.S. every year since 2002 |
| 31% | MORALOBLIGATION | 15 | Something that must be done because not doing it would be wrong |
| 31% | BARGE | 5 | Flat-bottomed boat that must be pushed or pulled by another vessel |