| 100% | STICKS | 6 | "You need hockey ___ to play the sport." (equipment) |
| 62% | CROSSE | 6 | Equipment used to play the oldest organized sport in North America |
| 57% | BOW | 3 | You need one to play a cello |
| 56% | DICE | 4 | You need them to play Monopoly or Yahtzee |
| 56% | TOOLSOFTHETRADE | 15 | You need these to do the job |
| 54% | OBOE | 4 | You need a reed to play one |
| 53% | CESTA | 5 | Sporting equipment that's strapped to the wrist |
| 53% | ZEST | 4 | You need only scrape the surface to get it |
| 52% | ROPE | 4 | What you need to play double Dutch |
| 52% | LOVE | 4 | All you need, to the Beatles |
| 52% | LOVE | 4 | All you need, according to the Beatles |
| 52% | LOVE | 4 | "All you need," according to the Beatles |
| 51% | ARCADE | 6 | Place where you need tokens to play video games |
| 51% | RACKET | 6 | Article of sports equipment that needs to be strung |
| 51% | BALANCE | 7 | To walk the beam, you need this |
| 50% | ECLIPSEGLASSES | 14 | Equipment you'll need today to safely observe the sequence at the starts of 19-, 24- and 44-Across |
| 50% | ANE | 3 | Letter you need to complete the word "WHAL_": 2 wds. |
| 50% | POD | 3 | What you need to split open to get the beans out |
| 49% | RACKET | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle |
| 49% | BODY | 4 | The human physique, and something you exercise while playing sports |
| 48% | MACBETH | 7 | You might want to call it The Scottish Play |
| 48% | HOCKEY | 6 | Sport played to win the Stanley Cup |
| 47% | ICE | 3 | ___ hockey, Winter Olympic sport in which two teams use sticks to shoot a rubber puck and was first played in the 19th century |
| 47% | TRIFECTA | 8 | Track wager in which you need to guess the first three finishers in order |
| 47% | BOARD | 5 | You'll need a famous one of these to figure out the contest |
| 47% | SKIP | 4 | Play this card when you want the next player to miss their turn |
| 46% | ARCHERY | 7 | Sport for which you need to take a bow |
| 46% | GPS | 3 | You may need it to get to the DMV |
| 46% | STRUM | 5 | The action needed to play a chord on guitar |
| 46% | ORR | 3 | First hockey player to win Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year |