| 100% | SIMON | 5 | ___ Says, children's game where the objective is to follow the instructions |
| 67% | FLAG | 4 | Capture the ___, children's game where the objective is to steal an object without being caught |
| 47% | TAG | 3 | Children's game where players try to avoid being touched |
| 46% | WAR | 3 | Card game where the object is to win the whole deck |
| 46% | TAG | 3 | Game where the goal is to avoid being touched |
| 45% | TAG | 3 | Playground game where the goal is to not be "it" |
| 42% | TAG | 3 | Children's game where a person is "it" |
| 41% | OTHER | 5 | Side where the grass is greener, according to a saying |
| 41% | UNO | 3 | Card game where you're required to say the name of the game before winning |
| 41% | OMAHA | 5 | Nebraska city where the Reuben is said to have been invented |
| 40% | GOBI | 4 | Where the Mongolian death worm is said to live |
| 40% | TAG | 3 | Children's game where someone is "it" |
| 40% | TAG | 3 | Children's game where one chases the others |
| 39% | TAG | 3 | Children's game where "You're it!" is shouted |
| 39% | HOME | 4 | Where the heart is, it's said |
| 39% | ORK | 3 | Planet where the cry "Shazbot!" is said to have originated |
| 39% | HOME | 4 | Where the heart is, so it’s said |
| 39% | TALENT | 6 | "Everyone has ___. What's rare is the courage to follow [it] to the dark places where it leads": Erica Jong |
| 38% | BETHLEHEM | 9 | Said to be the little town where Jesus was born |
| 38% | HOME | 4 | Where a player is trying to get their tokens to in the board game Sorry! |
| 37% | WORLD | 5 | "Where in the ___ is Carmen Sandiego?" popular PBS children's game show that won seven Daytime Emmys |
| 37% | MUSICALCHAIRS | 13 | Game where the loser is left standing |
| 37% | INROME | 6 | Where to emulate the locals, it's said |
| 37% | OBEYED | 6 | Followed the instruction, say |
| 37% | ONEANDDONE | 10 | Never to be repeated ... or an apt pronouncement after following the instructions sequentially in 17-, 25-, 39- and 49-Across? |
| 36% | CHESS | 5 | Board game where the goal is mate |
| 36% | BATTLESHIP | 10 | 2012 movie based on the two-player board game of the same name where the goal is to sink all of the opponent's ships |
| 36% | GEHENNA | 7 | Place near Jerusalem where, according to the Hebrew Bible, children were sacrificed |
| 36% | VARANASI | 8 | City on the Ganges where Buddha is said to have first preached |
| 36% | DARTS | 5 | Game where you try to hit the bull's-eye |