| 100% | WASTE | 5 | ___ a pitch (throw the ball in the dirt just to see if the batter chases it, say) |
| 37% | PITCHER | 7 | In baseball, one who throws the ball to the batter |
| 37% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 37% | PASS | 4 | Throw the ball to a teammate, say |
| 36% | PASS | 4 | Throw the ball to a teammate, in basketball |
| 35% | LOB | 3 | Throw a ball up in the air, say |
| 33% | WETTEESHOTCONTESTS | 18 | Competitions to see who can drive a ball farthest in the rain? |
| 32% | BERRA | 5 | Yogi who said "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" |
| 32% | PASSED | 6 | Threw the ball to the receiver, in football |
| 32% | SIDE | 4 | In billiards, spin imparted to a ball by striking it off-centre with the cue |
| 32% | WEARIT | 6 | What to do "if the shoe fits," in a saying |
| 31% | PASS | 4 | Throw the ball to a teammate |
| 31% | BERRA | 5 | Yankee Yogi who's credited with saying "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" |
| 31% | PASS | 4 | Throw the ball to a basketball teammate |
| 31% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 30% | LOB | 3 | Toss a ball in the air, say |
| 30% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 30% | RASHDECISIONS | 13 | This just in: A small town learns its local dump has officially reached capacity, leaving the city council to debate its ...
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| 30% | GETAJOB | 7 | Words after "She throws the want ads right my way and never fails to say," in a doo-wop classic (3 wds.) |
| 30% | LOB | 3 | Throw a ball up in the air |
| 30% | LOB | 3 | Throw a ball high in the air |
| 29% | ONSIDE | 6 | In a legal position to play the ball, in soccer |
| 29% | DANCE | 5 | "___ floors are closed till further notice!" sign you might have seen if you hoped to shake a leg in Finland during the 1939 ban |
| 29% | EATEN | 5 | Like the plums in the poem "This Is Just To Say" |
| 29% | URL | 3 | It is seen in the clue to 21 Down |
| 29% | FATE | 4 | It is said to be written in the stars |
| 29% | HALFMOON | 8 | It's seen in the middle of a quarter |
| 29% | JEST | 4 | It's said with a poke in the ribs |
| 29% | OUT | 3 | It's said with a thumb in the air |
| 29% | INSIDE | 6 | Close to the batter, in pitching terminology |