| 100% | INKIND | 6 | Way to repay, of a sort |
| 66% | INKIND | 6 | Fair way to be repaid, as with goods of the same sort: 2 wds. |
| 62% | ALIBI | 5 | Way out, of a sort |
| 59% | SKITOW | 6 | Way to the top of a mountain |
| 59% | GATE | 4 | Way to get out of a field |
| 58% | BYNAME | 6 | One way to sort a list |
| 57% | GEM | 3 | "___ of a person" (one way to describe someone) |
| 57% | POLLTHEAUDIENCE | 15 | Get help of a sort on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" |
| 57% | SLAY | 4 | One way to get rid of a dragon |
| 57% | TBAR | 4 | One way to the top of a mountain |
| 57% | SPEEDDATING | 11 | Quick way to meet a bunch of people |
| 56% | SPIT | 4 | One way to get rid of a watermelon seed |
| 56% | ETC | 3 | Nonspecific way to end a list of items: Abbr. |
| 56% | AMUCK | 5 | Sort of way to run |
| 55% | VIA | 3 | By way of, to a traveler |
| 55% | VIA | 3 | By way of, to a motorist |
| 54% | REHEM | 5 | A way to alter the length of a trouser |
| 54% | WRY | 3 | Funny, in a dry sort of way |
| 54% | SHREWD | 6 | Clever, in a cunning sort of way |
| 54% | RETRO | 5 | Cool, in a throwback sort of way |
| 54% | RETRO | 5 | Cool in a throwback sort of way |
| 54% | DOUR | 4 | Sullen, in a grim sort of way |
| 54% | VIA | 3 | By way of, to a travel agent |
| 53% | HIE | 3 | "Floor it", in a quaint sort of way |
| 53% | CLOUD | 5 | The Internet, in a metaphoric sort of way |
| 53% | PUNNY | 5 | Amusing in a groan-inducing sort of way |
| 53% | SELL | 4 | Agree to let go of, in a way |
| 53% | TENURED | 7 | Hard to let go of, in a way |
| 53% | STICKIER | 8 | Harder to let go of, in a way? |
| 53% | OEM | 3 | Short way of referring to a parts manufacturer |