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| 59% | EAR | 3 | What a barber has to trim around |
| 56% | PAIL | 4 | What a milkmaid uses to hold the milk |
| 56% | SNITCH | 6 | What a seeker has to catch in a game of Quidditch |
| 55% | ABCS | 4 | What a beginning reader has to learn |
| 55% | HUMBLEPIE | 9 | What a shamed person has to "eat" |
| 55% | BAR | 3 | What a prospective lawyer has to pass |
| 55% | ROLE | 4 | What a casting director has to fill |
| 55% | LEASH | 5 | What a dog walker holds on to |
| 55% | EAR | 3 | What a phone is held next to |
| 55% | SOUTHERNACCENT | 14 | What a Yankee is unlikely to have |
| 55% | COMPLETECONTROL | 15 | What a micromanager would like to have |
| 55% | NET | 3 | What a basketball hoop has attached to it |
| 55% | POSE | 4 | What a photographer requires a model to do |
| 55% | ESP | 3 | What a mind reader claims to have: Abbr. |
| 55% | TWOLEFTFEET | 11 | What a bad dancer is said to have |
| 55% | THEBIGTIME | 10 | What A-listers have hit, so to speak |
| 54% | RIM | 3 | What a slam-dunker might briefly hold on to |
| 54% | LIVES | 5 | What a cat is said to have nine of |
| 54% | GOODSTART | 9 | What a procrastinator may have trouble getting off to |
| 54% | TAROTDECK | 9 | What a fortune teller might have to deal with? |
| 53% | SNAPDECISION | 12 | What a person in an emergency might have to make |
| 52% | LEADFOOT | 8 | What a speed-happy driver is said to have: 2 wds. |
| 52% | LINES | 5 | What an actor has to memorize for a role |
| 52% | EAR | 3 | What may have a ring to it? |
| 52% | TEXTBOOK | 8 | What a student might have to read a chapter of for homework |
| 51% | ESSAY | 5 | What one may have to write for a college application |
| 51% | HOUSE | 5 | What has a lot of room to grow? |
| 51% | STRAP | 5 | What a subway commuter might hold on to |
| 51% | STRAP | 5 | What a subway rider might hold on to |