| 100% | PARTYTIME | 9 | An evening for sociability and fun |
| 46% | GAMENIGHT | 9 | An evening for playing Monopoly or Scrabble |
| 42% | DINNERANDAMOVIE | 15 | Common pairing for an evening out, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 42% | DATANIGHT | 9 | An evening with pollsters and statisticians? |
| 41% | PUPPETRY | 8 | Making and operating marionettes for fun |
| 41% | REC | 3 | Fun and games, for short |
| 38% | AIDS | 4 | An almanac and Google, for a crossword solver |
| 38% | REC | 3 | ___ center (facility for fun and games) |
| 38% | AOK | 3 | Well and good for an astronaut |
| 38% | REACTION | 8 | For every action there is an equal and opposite __ |
| 38% | PLAYPEN | 7 | Enclosure for babies for fun and games |
| 37% | REC | 3 | ___ room (room for fun and activities, informally) |
| 37% | THESAHARADESERT | 15 | Home for an addax and dorcas gazelle |
| 37% | SPRY | 4 | Lively and fit, for an older person |
| 37% | SALTYDOG | 8 | Gin and grapefruit for an expert sailor |
| 37% | SEAWORTHY | 9 | Safe and suitable for an ocean voyage |
| 37% | DEPTHBOMB | 9 | Calvados and brandy for an underwater explosion |
| 37% | EAR | 3 | Locale for an anvil and a hammer |
| 37% | GEAR | 4 | Hook, line and sinker, for an angler |
| 37% | TEA | 3 | Leaves for an evening drink? |
| 37% | MOVIE | 5 | Part of an evening of “Netflix and chill,” perhaps |
| 37% | STAG | 4 | ___ and doe (party for an engaged couple, in Canada) |
| 37% | DRONES | 6 | Aircraft used in the military and for fun |
| 37% | OPERA | 5 | "Dido and Aeneas," for an early English example |
| 37% | JAVELIN | 7 | Spear for an Olympic track and field event |
| 37% | WRAPPING | 8 | Layering and __ up warm for an autumn walk |
| 37% | COLDCASE | 8 | Police label for an old and unsolved crime |
| 37% | LARVA | 5 | Stage between egg and pupa, for an insect |
| 37% | TURNCOATS | 9 | Traitors, and an apt title for this puzzle |
| 37% | RAIN | 4 | Reason for boots and an umbrella |