| 100% | APCOURSE | 8 | Way for a high schooler to build credit? |
| 47% | ZITS | 4 | Bad marks for a high schooler? |
| 47% | ACNE | 4 | Bad marks for a high schooler |
| 47% | PROM | 4 | Big night for a high schooler |
| 47% | ESSAY | 5 | Writing assignment for a high schooler |
| 45% | TEEN | 4 | Like a high schooler, for short |
| 44% | XRAY | 4 | Way for a doctor to see inside you: Hyph. |
| 44% | ALEE | 4 | One way for a ship to turn |
| 44% | HOUSEPARTY | 10 | Opportunity for a high schooler whose parents are away for the weekend |
| 43% | UPPEDTHEANTE | 12 | Tried for a higher payout, in a way |
| 43% | ASHORE | 6 | Bad way for a ship to be driven |
| 43% | ONEMPTY | 7 | Risky way for a car to be running |
| 43% | SAFESCHOOL | 10 | College a high schooler is sure to get into |
| 42% | IPO | 3 | One way for a co. to raise money |
| 42% | POWERBASE | 9 | Good thing for a politician to build |
| 41% | SITE | 4 | Location for a house to be built |
| 40% | ONBAIL | 6 | One way for a jailed suspect to get out |
| 40% | TKO | 3 | One way for a boxing match to end: Abbr. |
| 40% | STEPASIDE | 9 | Make way for pets to play on a team |
| 40% | RISER | 5 | Help for a choir that wants to sing higher |
| 40% | RATEEDG | 7 | For all to see, in a way |
| 40% | KNOCK | 5 | A polite way to ask for entry |
| 40% | SAVE | 4 | Glove ___, common way for a goalie to deny a scoring opportunity in ice hockey |
| 40% | CPL | 3 | Short for a military person on their way to sgt |
| 40% | CITE | 4 | Give credit to, in a way |
| 39% | CONFIGURE | 9 | To set up for operation in a particular way |
| 39% | ESC | 3 | To look for a way out: Abbr. |
| 39% | ARIA | 4 | Song that might call for a soprano to hit a high C |
| 39% | SATPREP | 7 | Course for many a high schooler, in brief |
| 38% | ASL | 3 | One way to see a talk, for short? |