| 100% | DUST | 4 | "___: A Tale of the Wired West," single-player video game published by GTE Entertainment |
| 38% | MARIO | 5 | ___ Bros., platform game published by Nintendo that has been one of the most successful video games ever |
| 36% | IWON | 4 | The name of a hit 2014 single by Future and Kanye West: 2 wds. |
| 36% | HAT | 3 | ___ trick (three hockey goals scored by the same player in a single game) |
| 35% | DRED | 4 | "___: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp," novel by Harriet Stowe |
| 34% | RUDGE | 5 | "Barnaby ___: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty," historical novel by Charles Dickens |
| 34% | ZERO | 4 | Number of games won by the losing player in a "bagel" set, in tennis |
| 32% | STORYMODE | 9 | Video game setting that allows a player to focus on the narrative |
| 32% | ELDENRING | 9 | 2022 video game by the developers of the Souls series |
| 32% | CONTRA | 6 | Run and gun video game published in 1988 by Konami with the characters Bill and Lance |
| 31% | HALFLIFE | 8 | First-person shooter game published by Sierra Studios in which players must escape a research facility: Hyph. |
| 31% | GROOVE | 6 | "Bust a ___," hybrid dance video game published by Enix |
| 31% | NIGHTSHADE | 10 | Song by 28-Across that was a single on the "Game of Thrones" promotional album "For the Throne" |
| 31% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Video game with a gorilla that first featured the main character of 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | METRO | 5 | "___ 2033," video game that was inspired by Dmitry Glukhovsky novel of the same title |
| 30% | TEN | 3 | Number of players on the court during a WNBA game |
| 30% | HALO | 4 | Military science first-person shooter game published by Microsoft which involves an alliance of aliens known as the Covenant |
| 30% | DRED | 4 | "___: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" |
| 30% | HUR | 3 | "Ben-___: A Tale of the Christ" |
| 30% | SAN | 3 | "Fake Tales of ___ Francisco," song by the Arctic Monkeys that refers to a Californian city |
| 30% | GRIP | 4 | Part of a golf club that's held by the player |
| 30% | SCATTER | 7 | What players do at the start of a game of tag |
| 30% | LITTLE | 6 | "___ Nightmares," horror video game series that follows the journey of a girl in a yellow raincoat |
| 30% | HEATEXHAUSTION | 14 | What Miami players experience at the end of a triple overtime game? |
| 30% | WASTELAND | 9 | 1988 post-apocalyptic video game published by EA |
| 29% | REPLAY | 6 | Option represented by a circular arrow at the end of a YouTube video |
| 29% | FIVE | 4 | Number of players on the court for each team in a basketball game |
| 29% | VINCE | 5 | With 19a, Sacramento Kings player who had a pre-game ritual of pulling himself up by the net and kissing the rim |
| 29% | NOSTROMO | 8 | 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad subtitled A Tale of the Seaboard |
| 29% | BENHUR | 6 | 1880 novel by Lew Wallace subtitled A Tale of the Christ |