| 100% | LIABILITY | 9 | What a company needs to pay; opposite of asset |
| 44% | PROOF | 5 | What's needed to convict someone of a crime |
| 43% | LIQUIDITY | 9 | Ability of a company to convert assets into cash |
| 42% | OWED | 4 | Needed to pay a credit card bill |
| 41% | LESS | 4 | What a haggler seeks to pay |
| 41% | LESS | 4 | What a haggler hopes to pay |
| 40% | BUS | 3 | What a student needs to catch to get to school |
| 40% | DOUBLETIME | 10 | Holiday pay rate, perhaps, and a hint to what can follow each word of each starred answer |
| 40% | EEN | 3 | Opposite of morn, to a poet |
| 40% | ALEE | 4 | Opposite of aweather, to a sailor |
| 40% | OER | 3 | Opposite of "under," to a poet |
| 40% | SWEET | 5 | Opposite of dry, to a vintner |
| 40% | LIT | 3 | What a candle needs to be before it can shed light |
| 39% | DIALTONE | 8 | What a caller once needed to hear |
| 39% | TAX | 3 | What a citizen pays to the government |
| 39% | SOLIDS | 6 | Opposite of "stripes" to a pool player |
| 39% | ASSET | 5 | Opposite of a liability, to an accountant |
| 39% | BULK | 4 | Opposite of cut, to a gym rat |
| 39% | DUE | 3 | Needing to be paid, like a bill |
| 39% | LANE | 4 | What a competitive swimmer needs to stay within |
| 39% | ASSET | 5 | Opposite of liability, valuable owned by a company |
| 39% | TAX | 3 | What a dutiful citizen pays to the government |
| 38% | BANKRUPT | 8 | A company or person unable to pay their debts |
| 38% | CHILLPILL | 9 | What a stressed-out person may need to take |
| 38% | KEY | 3 | What a thief doesn't need to break in |
| 38% | LIVES | 5 | What a cat is said to have nine of |
| 38% | LAPP | 4 | What a native of Sapmi used to be called |
| 38% | PENSIONS | 8 | Monies a company pays to its retirees |
| 38% | HALLPASS | 8 | What a student might need to go to the bathroom |
| 38% | DRYOFF | 6 | What a bath towel is needed to do: 2 wds. |