| 100% | BACKHANDEDCOMPLIMENTS | 21 | "For a righty, you hit the ball pretty well on your left side," and others? |
| 33% | STICK | 5 | What you hit the ball with during a hockey game? |
| 33% | BAT | 3 | What you hit the ball with during a baseball game? |
| 33% | CLUB | 4 | What you hit the ball with during a golf match? |
| 33% | HAND | 4 | What you hit the ball with during a volleyball match? |
| 32% | THREESOME | 9 | Golf match between a single player and two others, who play alternate strokes on the same ball |
| 31% | PAULANKA | 8 | Canadian singer/songwriter known for the hit songs "Diana" and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | GAZELLES | 8 | Would you also like to buy binoculars for your safari to get a better look at the antelopes? |
| 31% | CUE | 3 | What you hit the white ball with during a billiards game? |
| 31% | MONEY | 5 | Remember the first time you counted your coins and bought yourself a popsicle with your pocket ___ (allowance)? Best. Day. Ever! |
| 31% | PARTY | 5 | Remember the first time you received a birthday ___ (celebration) invite with your name on it and couldn't wait to go? Best. Day. Ever! |
| 31% | FEE | 3 | The $1000 you shell out for you and your buddy to play a round of golf at Nevada's Shadow Creek Golf Course |
| 30% | BADMINTON | 9 | Sport played with a shuttlecock where players hit it back and forth in an attempt to make the other side miss |
| 30% | TIME | 4 | What's seen on a clock ... and an invisible ingredient for farmers to grow the crops you see in the puzzle |
| 30% | SWORD | 5 | Weapon used for duels and adventures on the high seas that would be a great addition to your "Pirate" Halloween costume |
| 30% | RAIN | 4 | Reason for a tarp on the ball field |
| 30% | PORT | 4 | The left side, on a ship |
| 30% | INGRIDBERGMAN | 13 | Winner of a Best Actress Oscar for "Gaslight" and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 30% | ENATE | 5 | Term for a relative on your mother's side |
| 30% | OVERLEAF | 8 | On the other side of a page |
| 30% | OURKINDOFLOVE | 13 | Lady A song with the lyrics "You wear your smile like a summer sky / Just shining down on me and you" (4 wds.) |
| 30% | OURKINDOFLOVE | 13 | Lady Antebellum song with the lyrics "You wear your smile like a summer sky / Just shining down on me and you" (4 wds.) |
| 30% | LEY | 3 | Writer Willy who wrote "The Conquest of Space" ('49) and for whom a crater is named on the far side of the moon |
| 30% | CALLING | 7 | "Your ___ card, if you please sir. Leave it on the tray, and visit her you may!" |
| 29% | HOOKS | 5 | Hits a golf ball to the side, e.g. |
| 29% | CARDIGAN | 8 | Hit single from 15-Across with the lyrics "You put me on and said I was your favorite" |
| 29% | APORT | 5 | On the left side of a ship |
| 29% | BADROMANCE | 10 | A 2009 hit by Lady Gaga which won two Grammys and has gone on to become one of the best selling singles of all time: 2 wds |
| 29% | CARDIGAN | 8 | Taylor Swift hit with the lyric "You put me on and said I was your favorite" |
| 29% | TOMWALKER | 9 | Leave a Light On and Just You and I singer |