| 100% | OUTFIELD | 8 | Area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting first, second and third bases |
| 32% | HOMERUN | 7 | Baseball play where a batter can circle the bases and reach the home plate safely: 2 wds. |
| 32% | EVELYNASHFORD | 13 | The first track and field athlete to run 100 meters under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games and who has won a total of 5 Olympic medals: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ISSA | 4 | First name of both a co-creator of Insecure and the character she plays |
| 31% | INFIELDGOAL | 11 | Covering first, second and third base? |
| 31% | SHORTSTOP | 9 | Fielding position in baseball to the left of second base viewed from the home plate |
| 31% | RHYME | 5 | What the first, second and fifth lines in a limerick do |
| 31% | BASES | 5 | First, second and third in baseball |
| 31% | HIT | 3 | Baseball statistic for when a batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into the field |
| 30% | CNET | 4 | Tech website whose title is stylized with a vertical line between the first and second letters |
| 30% | CLOCKFACES | 10 | Their third hands are their second hands, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 30% | SIDEARM | 7 | Like some baseball pitches ... and a hint to locating the second part of four three-part puzzle answers |
| 29% | RODCAREW | 8 | Minnesota Twins first and second baseman who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991: 2 wds. |
| 29% | WEB | 3 | Part of a baseball mitt between the fingers and thumb |
| 29% | KEITHRICHARDS | 13 | Rolling Stones guitarist who played a pirate in the third and fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" films: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MATES | 5 | First, second, and third on a deck |
| 29% | DIAMOND | 7 | The shape of a baseball field |
| 29% | TRE | 3 | Third album of a Green Day trilogy, following "¡Uno!" and "¡Dos!" ... and the first name of the band's drummer |
| 29% | BASES | 5 | Home, first, second and third for the Yankees |
| 29% | OUTS | 4 | The double of a baseball double play |
| 29% | SECRET | 6 | With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle |
| 29% | BASE | 4 | First, second, or third, on a ball field |
| 28% | THEXFACTOR | 10 | Singer Demi Lovato was a judge in the second and third season of this music-based reality show: 3 wds. |
| 28% | BASE | 4 | First, second, or third on the Dodgers Stadium field |
| 28% | HOOCH | 5 | Marla who plays second base for the Peaches in "A League of Their Own" |
| 28% | DADO | 4 | Part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice |
| 28% | STEM | 4 | Part of a wineglass between the base and the bowl |
| 28% | PAULSCHNEIDER | 13 | Actor who played the role of Mark Brendanawicz in "Parks and Recreation", a character that appeared only in the first two seasons: 2 wds. |
| 28% | WALK | 4 | Baseball play when a batter is awarded first base after receiving four "balls" |
| 28% | FAIRWAY | 7 | Area of shorter grass between the tee and green of a golf hole |