| 100% | SCENARIO | 8 | What a detective tries to reconstruct |
| 59% | CASE | 4 | What a sleuth tries to close |
| 59% | CIVICPRIDE | 10 | What a mayor tries to instill |
| 59% | ODOR | 4 | What a deodorant tries to fight |
| 59% | DEAL | 4 | What a negotiator tries to arrange |
| 59% | TAG | 3 | What a slider tries to avoid |
| 59% | ROBOT | 5 | What a captcha tries to detect |
| 59% | DESKDUTY | 8 | What a detective might be demoted to |
| 58% | RAP | 3 | What a suspect tries to beat, with "the" |
| 56% | SPLASH | 6 | What a diver tries to minimize when hitting the water |
| 55% | ROLE | 4 | What a casting director tries to fill |
| 55% | QUICKBUCK | 9 | What a day trader tries to turn |
| 55% | BAR | 3 | What a pole vaulter tries to clear |
| 55% | INTENT | 6 | What a prosecutor may try to prove |
| 55% | BAR | 3 | What a pole-vaulter tries to go over |
| 54% | OLDSCORE | 8 | What a bitter person might try to settle |
| 54% | MORALE | 6 | What a team leader might try to boost |
| 53% | QUESTIONTHEDUCK | 15 | Try to find out what's what at a pond? |
| 53% | PUCK | 4 | What a hockey player tries to shoot into the goal |
| 53% | LINK | 4 | What a phisher might try to get you to click |
| 53% | SCAM | 4 | What a calling "Nigerian Prince" may be trying to do |
| 52% | TAN | 3 | What a pale person might try to get at the beach |
| 52% | MESS | 4 | What a Zoom participant might try to conceal by blurring their background |
| 52% | GOOD | 4 | With 46-Across, what a considerate speaker tries to strike |
| 50% | CACHE | 5 | What to try clearing if a webpage isn't loading |
| 48% | ROBOT | 5 | What you try to convince a captcha you are not |
| 48% | LEAD | 4 | What a detective follows |
| 47% | CASE | 4 | What a detective would investigate |
| 47% | ALIBI | 5 | What a detective asks for |
| 45% | STRING | 6 | What might be used to connect evidence on a detective's corkboard |