| 100% | PEEK | 4 | ___-a-boo, the timeless toddler's game of hiding your face, then popping out to say "boo!" |
| 35% | ALY | 3 | "A Touch of the Beat Gets You Up on Your Feet Gets You Out and Then Into the Sun" pop duo ___ & AJ |
| 34% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 33% | 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 |
| 32% | HADES | 5 | God who says "Nobody gets out of my domain, whether alive or dead" in a video game of the same name |
| 31% | ELIXIR | 6 | The ___ of life, a potion said to prolong one's life |
| 31% | POKER | 5 | Card game or a type of face that's hard to read |
| 31% | MALCOLM | 7 | Who said "If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary" |
| 31% | SPROUTING | 9 | Popping out of the ground, like a plant |
| 31% | SPROUT | 6 | Pop out of the ground like a plant |
| 31% | BULLYOFF | 8 | The former start to a game of hockey |
| 31% | OOH | 3 | Crowd's reaction at a missed chance to score in a game of soccer, say |
| 30% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Said at the end of a game of chess |
| 30% | POT | 3 | Container that's said to be at the end of a rainbow |
| 30% | PRONOUNCE | 9 | The correct way to say or sound out a word |
| 30% | TEAM | 4 | "What's your favorite sports ___?" question to ask someone before taking them to a game of ball |
| 30% | SPIN | 4 | Take a turn in the Game of Life, say |
| 29% | BRAVE | 5 | Willing to stand up for one's beliefs in the face of adversity, say |
| 29% | NECKING | 7 | Making out ... or a hint to this puzzle's four hidden articles of clothing |
| 29% | SETUP | 5 | Get the components laid out for a game of Wingspan |
| 29% | RATE | 4 | Give a five out of ten to, say |
| 29% | VARIETY | 7 | The spice of life, according to a saying |
| 29% | LEAPT | 5 | Navigated furniture in a game of the floor is lava, say |
| 29% | SAP | 3 | To slowly drain out the strength of a person |
| 29% | GRAHAM | 6 | A. __ Bell, said to be inventor of the telephone |
| 29% | ATE | 3 | Took a pie to the face, say? |
| 29% | ERASE | 5 | To rub out, as with the back of a pencil |
| 29% | TOOMUCHTOOSOON | 14 | A lot to deal with right out of the gate |
| 29% | EGG | 3 | The hundred folds on a chef's toque are said to represent the number of ways to prepare this |
| 29% | AIRED | 5 | ___ out (opened the windows to get a breeze, say) |