| 100% | ROYALFLUSH | 10 | 123-Across’s holding that wins this puzzle’s game |
| 51% | GELT | 4 | Chocolate money won or lost in this puzzle's game |
| 49% | TIC | 3 | With 40- and 43-Across, game that's been played in each of this puzzle's corners |
| 47% | HAND | 4 | Poker holding ... like the one spelled out in the letters that cut this puzzle's circled cards |
| 45% | YANKEES | 7 | ← Team that won this many games in 1961 |
| 43% | NAMETHATTUNE | 12 | Revived game show hosted by Jane Krakowski that's also an apt title for this puzzle |
| 43% | BADMINTONNET | 12 | Divider in this puzzle's game |
| 42% | TICTACTOE | 9 | Game with half a dozen winning lines found in this puzzle |
| 42% | PAYNOATTENTIONTO | 16 | Film quote (with 69 and 84 Across) that's the key to what's being ignored this puzzle |
| 42% | ISPYWITHMYLITTLEEYE | 19 | Children's game phrase that should start the italicized clues … or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle |
| 41% | OTANNENBAUM | 11 | Seasonal air that celebrates this puzzle's theme |
| 41% | RENTALCARRETURN | 15 | Airport sign that inspired this puzzle's theme |
| 41% | ROUNDERS | 8 | 1998 Matt Damon film featuring this puzzle's game |
| 41% | THEUSOPEN | 9 | Annual sporting event that is this puzzle's theme |
| 41% | MIXEDDOUBLES | 12 | Game suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 41% | TOY | 3 | National ___ Hall of Fame (institution that could potentially induct the board game that inspired this puzzle) |
| 40% | TENS | 4 | There are 16 used in this puzzle's card game |
| 40% | FOURCORNERS | 11 | U.S. tourist locale that inspired this puzzle |
| 40% | SCRABBLE | 8 | Game described by this puzzle's four racks |
| 40% | H&RBLOCK | 8 | Subject of the Final Jeopardy! question that knocked out Ken Jennings after a record 74 wins ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 40% | PUTAPININIT | 11 | "Hold that thought," and what we've done to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 40% | JOHNNY | 6 | With 36-Across, "Babes in Arms" tune that's apt for this puzzle |
| 40% | THEFOURTOPS | 11 | Motown greats, and things that finish this puzzle's starred answers |
| 39% | PRESIDENTIAL | 12 | With 116 Across, this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | THECASCADES | 11 | Range that's home to 18-Across, and a hint to solving this puzzle |
| 39% | SEATTLE | 7 | City that's the subject of this puzzle |
| 39% | NOAHSARK | 8 | Craft that's the subject of this puzzle |
| 39% | THEWEARING | 10 | With 112 Across, Irish street ballad that serves as an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 39% | CRIMSONTIDE | 11 | College football team that won the BCS National Championship Game this past January: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TIC | 3 | With 24- and 45-Across, game represented by this completed puzzle's grid |