| 100% | RULE | 4 | "Starting with the Banker, each player in turn throws the dice," e.g. |
| 45% | TEXASHOLDEM | 11 | Variant of the card game poker in which each player starts with two cards only |
| 40% | ALPHABET | 8 | The ___ Game, conversation game where players name words starting with each letter |
| 39% | DARTS | 5 | Game in which each player starts with a score of 501 |
| 39% | PREP | 4 | Dicing food or turning on the oven, e.g. |
| 38% | BRAIN | 5 | Dennis —, French horn player with the Philharmonia Orchestra who died aged 36 in 1957 |
| 37% | DENNISBRAIN | 11 | French horn player with the Philharmonia Orchestra who died in a car crash in 1957 |
| 37% | BRAIN | 5 | Dennis —, French horn player with the Philharmonia Orchestra who died in a car crash in 1957 |
| 36% | BRAIN | 5 | Dennis —, virtuoso French horn player with the Philharmonia Orchestra who died in a car crash in 1957 |
| 36% | BRAIN | 5 | Dennis -, virtuoso French horn player with the Philharmonia Orchestra who died in a car crash in 1957 |
| 36% | REROLLS | 7 | Throws the dice again in Yahtzee |
| 36% | ERNIE | 5 | With 35-Across, baseball player who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 and died 1/23/15 |
| 35% | GEHRIG | 6 | Player with the first retired number in baseball |
| 35% | ALLMYLOVING | 11 | "With the Beatles" song playing in the E.R. when Lennon died |
| 34% | JORDAN | 6 | Michael ___, American former basketball player who started his career in 1984 with the Chicago Bulls and won six NBA Finals MVP Awards |
| 34% | MET | 3 | Nolan Ryan, e.g., when he started in the Major Leagues |
| 34% | TEACHSTARTUPS | 13 | Say, "Everyone put your key in the ignition and turn," e.g.? |
| 34% | WAPO | 4 | Newspaper with the slogan "Democracy Dies in Darkness," in brief |
| 34% | WAPO | 4 | Newspaper with the slogan "Democracy Dies in Darkness," for short |
| 34% | TAXDODGERS | 10 | California baseball players in trouble with the I.R.S.? |
| 33% | TICTACTOETACTIC | 15 | Starting with an X in the corner, say? |
| 33% | ROLLED | 6 | Took a turn with the dice |
| 33% | EPISODIC | 8 | With a new show in the series each week |
| 33% | TONGUETWISTER | 13 | The starts of 20-, 29-, 36- and 46-Across, e.g., when repeated quickly in order |
| 33% | BYRD | 4 | Any member in the group with the 1965 hit "Turn! Turn! Turn!" |
| 33% | TOMMYHEINSOHN | 13 | Popular name of NBA player turned broadcaster, who was often paired with Mike Gorman in the Celtics' television broadcasts: 2 wds. |
| 33% | FOURLOW | 7 | Basketball strategy with a player in each corner |
| 32% | EYETEST | 7 | It starts with E, in two different ways |
| 32% | GAVE | 4 | Threw in the towel, with "up" |
| 32% | BILLHICKS | 9 | Comedian with the posthumously-released 1997 album "Rant in E-Minor" |