| 100% | EKE | 3 | With 42 Down, barely make |
| 59% | TED | 3 | With 42 Down, "Cheers" actor |
| 57% | MELISSA | 7 | With 42 Down, "The Fighter" Oscar winner |
| 56% | EKE | 3 | Barely make, with "out" |
| 56% | EKES | 4 | Barely makes, with "out" |
| 56% | EKING | 5 | Barely making, with "out" |
| 56% | EKED | 4 | Barely made, with "out" |
| 56% | EKED | 4 | Barely made, with out |
| 56% | EKING | 5 | Barely making, with out |
| 56% | EKES | 4 | Barely makes, with ''out'' |
| 55% | THE | 3 | With 42 Down, Palme d'Or winner for 1993 |
| 55% | EKE | 3 | Barely make it, with "by" |
| 55% | EKE | 3 | Barely make do, with "out" |
| 55% | EKE | 3 | Barely make do, with "by" |
| 55% | EKE | 3 | Barely make it, with "out" |
| 55% | EKED | 4 | Barely made it, with "by" |
| 55% | EKES | 4 | Barely makes it, with "by" |
| 54% | EKE | 3 | Barely make a living, with "out" |
| 54% | EKES | 4 | Barely makes a living, with "out" |
| 49% | ATHENS | 6 | With 42-Down, 2004 site |
| 49% | DES | 3 | With 42-Down, Midwestern capital |
| 48% | EKES | 4 | Barely manages to make ends meet, with "out" |
| 48% | UPSIDECAKE | 10 | With 1 Down, dessert sometimes made with pineapple |
| 48% | YOO | 3 | With 57 Down, something to make you look |
| 48% | OLD | 3 | With 42-Down, out-of-date |
| 48% | LEAD | 4 | With 42-Down, literally, control completely |
| 48% | LIT | 3 | With 42-Down, college course, slangily |
| 48% | TWO | 3 | With 42-Down, like some bobsleds |
| 48% | SNOW | 4 | With 42-Down, stir-fry veggie |
| 48% | EKING | 5 | Barely making (with ''out'') |