| 100% | SCARE | 5 | Try to cure the hiccups of |
| 85% | STARTLED | 8 | Tried to cure of the hiccups, maybe |
| 73% | SCARES | 6 | Tries to cure of hiccups |
| 71% | AERATEFREIGHT | 13 | Try to cure the effects of a skunk invasion on a semi? |
| 61% | WOO | 3 | Try to win the love of |
| 61% | WOO | 3 | Try to win the hand of |
| 61% | WOO | 3 | Try to win the affection of |
| 61% | WOO | 3 | Try to win the affections of |
| 61% | HAIL | 4 | Try to get the attention of |
| 61% | WOOS | 4 | Tries to win the affection of |
| 61% | WOOS | 4 | Tries to win the affections of |
| 61% | HEFTS | 5 | Tries to determine the weight of |
| 61% | WOOS | 4 | Tries to win the hand of |
| 56% | WOO | 3 | Try to win the heart of a lady |
| 56% | WOO | 3 | Try to win the heart of a lady? |
| 55% | GRILLPAN | 8 | Try to uncover the truth of what happened to Hook? |
| 52% | PRY | 3 | Try to get to the bottom of someone else's business? |
| 51% | CRAM | 4 | Try to do a semester's worth of studying right before the exam |
| 50% | YELL | 4 | Try to reach the hard-of-hearing? |
| 49% | UNO | 3 | Game where you try to get rid of your cards before the other players |
| 48% | TAKEASWING | 10 | Try to hit, or what one can do with the ends of 18-, 26- and 47-Across |
| 47% | WOO | 3 | To try and gain the romantic interest of someone |
| 47% | SORE | 4 | Feeling the consequences of trying to nap on a plane |
| 46% | CASEY | 5 | Man trying to clarify the spelling of his name in 21-, 25-, 38-, 52- and 57-Across |
| 46% | BLUFFATHROW | 11 | *Try to deceive one of the base runners |
| 45% | SHH | 3 | [Some of us are trying to watch the movie here!] |
| 44% | BOO | 3 | Word you might say to scare the hiccups out of someone |
| 44% | CLIMB | 5 | Go up, like someone trying to reach the top of a mountain |
| 44% | INQUIRE | 7 | Try to get the facts |
| 44% | POLEVAULT | 9 | Try to clear the bar |