| 100% | UPONE | 5 | Barely ahead in the score |
| 74% | ONTOP | 5 | Ahead in the score: 2 wds. |
| 55% | LOSING | 6 | Behind in the score |
| 54% | LED | 3 | Was ahead in the polls |
| 52% | ONEUP | 5 | In the lead, but barely |
| 52% | CLE | 3 | Guardians, in the box score |
| 51% | SHOOIN | 6 | One who's way ahead in the polls |
| 51% | OBOES | 5 | Pair in the score for Beethoven's Fifth |
| 50% | UPONE | 5 | Ahead in a game, but just barely |
| 50% | NIL | 3 | In sports, the zero score |
| 50% | EQUALISE | 8 | Level the score in football |
| 49% | WINBYAHAIR | 10 | Prevail in the race (just barely) |
| 49% | EQUALISE | 8 | Level the score in a match |
| 49% | CLOSEST | 7 | Like the scoring stones in curling |
| 49% | NIL | 3 | Zero, in the 29-Across scores |
| 49% | GOTAB | 5 | Scored in the 80s |
| 49% | FINDSTHEENDZONE | 15 | Scores in the NFL |
| 48% | TUBA | 4 | Shark's sound in the ''Jaws'' score |
| 48% | APLUS | 5 | Score in the upper 90s |
| 47% | PEGOUT | 6 | Score the winning point in cribbage |
| 47% | TDS | 3 | Scores in the end zone: Abbr. |
| 47% | PLAY | 4 | With 7-Across, ignore the score, in a way |
| 46% | TEX | 3 | The Rangers, in a baseball box score |
| 46% | TDS | 3 | Scores in the end zone, for short |
| 46% | FUTURE | 6 | Not now but at some point in the time ahead |
| 45% | LOSE | 4 | Score the 3 in a 4-3 game |
| 45% | ONEALL | 6 | Score early in the set, maybe |
| 45% | ONEALL | 6 | Score early in the game, often |
| 45% | ATEMPO | 6 | At the previous speed, in scores |
| 45% | ATEMPO | 6 | At the original speed, in scores |