| 100% | TRAVERSE | 8 | __ board, peg table of compass points and holes |
| 39% | CRIBBAGE | 8 | Card game with a board and pegs for adding points |
| 35% | ENE | 3 | Compass point between E and NE |
| 34% | SSW | 3 | Compass point midway between south and southwest |
| 34% | ENE | 3 | Compass point midway between northeast and east |
| 33% | PEG | 3 | Point of a Plinko board? |
| 33% | TRAVERSE | 8 | __ board, pegs-and-hole device for navigation |
| 32% | NOTES | 5 | To the point and short pieces of writings |
| 32% | LIFE | 4 | Board game with pink and blue pegs |
| 32% | CRITIQUE | 8 | Point out the pluses and minuses of |
| 32% | IKEA | 4 | Seller of tables and shelves |
| 32% | NSEW | 4 | Compass points (seen spelled out in 20-, 26-, 43- and 53-Across) |
| 31% | TEEPADS | 7 | Starting points of disc golf holes |
| 31% | MEALS | 5 | The "board" of "room and board" |
| 31% | DINETTE | 7 | Set of chairs and a table |
| 31% | TEE | 3 | Starting point of a golf hole |
| 31% | SSE | 3 | Compass direction in the middle of south and southeast |
| 31% | GOLF | 4 | It's full of holes and traps |
| 31% | CHINESE | 7 | Inventors of the compass and movable type |
| 31% | GOLFCOURSE | 10 | It’s large and full of holes |
| 30% | GEOMETRY | 8 | The mathematics of lines, points, and shapes |
| 30% | HANOI | 5 | Tower of ___ (puzzle with pegs and rings) |
| 30% | CRIBBAGE | 8 | Game of cards for two to four players using a board with pegs and holes for scoring |
| 30% | CRIBBAGE | 8 | Card game with pegs and wooden scoring board |
| 30% | ROUND | 5 | King Arthur and the Knights of the ___ Table |
| 30% | TERSE | 5 | Succinct and to the point (anagram of "reset") |
| 29% | BLUNT | 5 | *Not pointed ... and the start of an eight-step word ladder |
| 29% | MANCALA | 7 | Ancient game that utilizes a board made of holes |
| 29% | SIAM | 4 | Neighbor of India and China on a Risk board |
| 29% | SSW | 3 | Abbreviation of a compass point |