| 100% | DROPSHOT | 8 | A softly hit, falling stroke in tennis or squash |
| 42% | ACE | 3 | Perfect score in tennis or a test |
| 42% | DINK | 4 | Softly hit ball in tennis |
| 39% | BACKHAND | 8 | A type of stroke in tennis |
| 39% | STROKE | 6 | A hit in tennis |
| 38% | LOB | 3 | Hit or throw in a high arc |
| 38% | SMASH | 5 | Powerful hit, in tennis or table tennis |
| 38% | BALL | 4 | Item hit in a squash game |
| 38% | SERVE | 5 | First hit in a tennis match |
| 37% | BALL | 4 | Target for a squash or tennis racket |
| 37% | PLAY | 4 | Participate in a basketball or tennis game |
| 37% | SERVE | 5 | The starting hit in a game of tennis |
| 37% | ACED | 4 | Smashed it in a test or tennis serve |
| 37% | UMA | 3 | Actress Thurman in a Fall Out Boy hit |
| 36% | ATBAT | 5 | It may result in a hit or a walk |
| 36% | ONSERVE | 7 | Even or close to even, in a tennis set |
| 36% | CAT | 3 | Jennyanydots or Munkustrap, in a long-running Broadway hit |
| 35% | HEMLINE | 7 | In a dress, this falls above or below the knee |
| 35% | LOBBING | 7 | Hitting a high arc in tennis |
| 35% | BALL | 4 | It's hit by a tennis racket or a golf club |
| 35% | LOB | 3 | A soft shot in Tennis, or a soft pitch in Softball |
| 35% | LOB | 3 | Shot where a tennis ball is hit high in the air |
| 34% | PUMPKIN | 7 | Halloween squash that is a popular fall flavor found in Starbucks' lattes |
| 34% | DROPSHOT | 8 | Finesse stroke in tennis |
| 34% | PASSINGSHOT | 11 | Winning stroke in tennis |
| 34% | RINGOFFIRE | 10 | 17-Across hit ... or a hint to four connected answers in this puzzle |
| 33% | RACKET | 6 | Equipment for tennis or squash |
| 33% | BREAKTHESOUNDBARRIER | 20 | Hit Mach I … or a hint to answering eight pairs of consecutive entries in this puzzle |
| 33% | SET | 3 | Term in tennis or bridge |
| 33% | MPH | 3 | What the speed of a tennis serve or baseball pitch is measured in: Abbr. |