| 100% | ATONE | 5 | When "the mouse ran down" |
| 100% | ATONE | 5 | When the mouse ran down the clock |
| 98% | ATONE | 5 | When the mouse ran down the clock (2 wds.) |
| 57% | ATDUSK | 6 | When the sun goes down |
| 56% | DUST | 4 | When the ___ settles (calmed down) |
| 54% | HICKORY | 7 | __ dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock |
| 54% | APRIL | 5 | When the Boston Marathon is run |
| 54% | MIDMAY | 6 | When the Preakness is traditionally run |
| 54% | FRI | 3 | When the WSJ contest crossword runs |
| 53% | ONONE | 5 | When the down beat comes in music |
| 53% | ULNA | 4 | It runs down the arm |
| 53% | MANE | 4 | It runs down the neck |
| 53% | TEAR | 4 | Drop running down the cheek |
| 53% | INSEAM | 6 | It runs down the leg |
| 53% | TEARS | 5 | Drops running down the cheeks |
| 52% | DATELINE | 8 | It runs down the 180th meridian |
| 52% | REINS | 5 | They may run down the neck |
| 52% | REIN | 4 | It might run down the neck |
| 52% | RAILS | 5 | They often run down the stairs |
| 52% | ATONE | 5 | When the mouse was gone from the clock, according to the nursery rhyme |
| 51% | FAREWAR | 7 | When the price to go up may go down? |
| 51% | TAKEAKNEE | 9 | Safely run down the clock, in football |
| 51% | APENNINES | 9 | Italian mountain range running down the country |
| 51% | TEAR | 4 | Drop that might run down the face |
| 50% | TEARDROPS | 9 | They run down your cheeks when you cry |
| 50% | DATELINE | 8 | It runs down the middle of the Pacific |
| 50% | TOOKAKNEE | 9 | Ran the clock down, in football |
| 50% | TAKEAKNEE | 9 | Run the clock down, in football |
| 49% | SCIATIC | 7 | Long nerve running down the back of the leg |
| 49% | OUT | 3 | Umpire's call when the runner isn't safe |