| Tries to cover up | 17 |
| Tries to cure | 13 |
| Tries to date | 13 |
| Tries to deceive | 16 |
| Tries to determine the weight of | 32 |
| Tries to dislodge | 17 |
| Tries to ease, as an ache | 25 |
| Tries to ensure a hit | 21 |
| Tries to equal | 14 |
| Tries to equal or surpass | 25 |
| Tries to ferret out | 19 |
| Tries to fill an opening | 24 |
| Tries to find | 13 |
| Tries to find diagnostically | 28 |
| Tries to find out | 17 |
| Tries to find, in the lab | 25 |
| Tries to fix, maybe | 19 |
| Tries to fly | 12 |
| Tries to fool | 13 |
| Tries to gain favor | 19 |
| Tries to get | 12 |
| Tries to get a buck | 19 |
| Tries to get a buck? | 20 |
| Tries to get a cat to leave | 27 |
| Tries to get a date with | 24 |
| Tries to get a rise out of | 26 |
| Tries to get a tan | 18 |
| Tries to get at auction | 23 |
| Tries to get away | 17 |
| Tries to get by leaping | 23 |
| Tries to get information | 24 |
| Tries to get money from, maybe | 30 |
| Tries to get money out of? | 26 |
| Tries to get one's mouth on, in a way | 41 |
| Tries to get picked up | 22 |
| Tries to get ready | 18 |
| Tries to get restitution from | 29 |
| Tries to get the hard-to-get | 28 |
| Tries to get through anew | 25 |
| Tries to get, at eBay | 21 |
| Tries to grab | 13 |
| Tries to halt expansion? | 24 |
| Tries to hear better, say | 25 |
| Tries to hit | 12 |
| Tries to hit a homer | 20 |
| Tries to hit someone? | 21 |
| Tries to hole out | 17 |
| Tries to improve | 16 |
| Tries to improve, as a lawn | 27 |
| Tries to keep the boat afloat | 29 |
| Tries to keep the toilet clean, guy-style | 41 |
| Tries to land, as a fish | 24 |
| Tries to learn | 14 |
| Tries to locate | 15 |
| Tries to look bigger than one is, in a way | 42 |
| Tries to loosen | 15 |
| Tries to lose | 13 |
| Tries to lose weight | 20 |
| Tries to make a point? | 22 |
| Tries to make it alone | 22 |
| Tries to make out | 17 |
| Tries to make progress with | 27 |
| Tries to make, as a team | 24 |
| Tries to move someone 90 feet | 29 |
| Tries to obtain | 15 |
| Tries to obtain anew | 20 |
| Tries to open without scissors | 30 |
| Tries to outdo | 14 |
| Tries to outfox | 15 |
| Tries to persuade | 17 |
| Tries to pick up | 16 |
| Tries to pick up, maybe | 23 |
| Tries to pin down | 17 |
| Tries to please a master, perhaps | 33 |
| Tries to prevent | 16 |
| Tries to prove | 14 |
| Tries to put out, as a small fire | 33 |
| Tries to reach | 14 |
| Tries to reach the hard of hearing | 34 |
| Tries to reduce swelling, in a way | 34 |
| Tries to relieve a sore throat | 30 |
| Tries to rile | 13 |
| Tries to seem big | 17 |
| Tries to sell | 13 |
| Tries to shed | 13 |
| Tries to shoot | 14 |
| Tries to shred | 14 |
| Tries to sink, perhaps | 22 |
| Tries to smell | 14 |
| Tries to stick a fork in | 24 |
| Tries to stop expanding | 23 |
| Tries to strike, perhaps | 24 |
| Tries to swindle | 16 |
| Tries to tag | 12 |
| Tries to tag, maybe | 19 |
| Tries to take (out) | 19 |
| Tries to tear | 13 |
| Tries to track down | 19 |
| Tries to trap something | 23 |
| Tries to walk off nerves | 24 |