| 100% | FOULBALL | 8 | Baseball hit that doesn't land in fair territory |
| 51% | BUNT | 4 | Baseball hit that doesn't go far |
| 51% | GROUNDER | 8 | Baseball hit that doesn't cross the air |
| 45% | LINEOUT | 7 | Hard hit that doesn't result in a base hit |
| 40% | ANNEX | 5 | Take land that doesn't belong to you in war |
| 40% | EXCUSEMESINGLE | 14 | Hit that's not squarely hit, in baseball |
| 39% | RBI | 3 | Hit that drives someone home, in baseball: Abbr. |
| 37% | CURVE | 5 | Baseball pitch that doesn't go straight |
| 37% | BUNT | 4 | Soft hit that might be part of a suicide squeeze, in baseball |
| 36% | NINE | 4 | Number of innings in a baseball game that doesn't end in a tie |
| 36% | LOB | 3 | Tennis shot that doesn't land quickly |
| 35% | AIRKISS | 7 | Expression of love that doesn't quite land? |
| 35% | NETOFDIAMONDS | 13 | Tarp that doesn't remotely protect the baseball field? |
| 35% | EVERGREEN | 9 | Plant that doesn't lose its foliage in autumn |
| 35% | TSA | 3 | Organization that doesn't allow lighters in flights: Abbr. |
| 35% | RBI | 3 | Baseball hit that scores: Abbr. |
| 34% | EVERGREEN | 9 | Tree type that doesn't lose its leaves in autumn |
| 34% | TOUGHCROWD | 10 | *Comment after a joke that doesn't land |
| 34% | FLATEARTHSOCIETY | 16 | Group that doesn't believe in revolution? |
| 34% | OAK | 3 | Live ___ (Southern tree that doesn't lose its leaves in fall) |
| 34% | LINEOUT | 7 | Hit a hard drive that's caught, in baseball |
| 34% | WEBINAR | 7 | Class that doesn't require in-person attendance |
| 34% | KUE | 3 | Letter that doesn't appear in this puzzle |
| 34% | ISLE | 4 | Key that doesn't fit in a hole? |
| 34% | DHED | 4 | Hit but didn't field, in baseball |
| 34% | HOMERUN | 7 | Baseball hit that goes over the wall |
| 34% | BLOOPS | 6 | Baseball hits that barely clear the infield |
| 33% | THAMES | 6 | River that "sweats oil and tar" in T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" |
| 33% | BANGAGONG | 9 | T. Rex hit that was titled “Get It On” in the U.K. |
| 33% | ATM | 3 | Device that doesn't work well until you stick a PIN in it |