| 100% | SCREW | 5 | Billiards shot in which the cue ball is hit below its centre causing it to recoil after hitting the object ball |
| 46% | MASSE | 5 | Billiards stroke in which the cue is held nearly vertically to make the cue ball swerve round a ball obstructing a clear shot on the object ball |
| 46% | BRICOLE | 7 | Billiards shot in which the cue ball touches a cushion after striking the object ball before touching another ball |
| 44% | MASSE | 5 | Billiards stroke in which the cue ball swerves around a ball to obstruct a clear shot on the object ball |
| 34% | SIDE | 4 | In billiards, spin imparted to a ball by striking it off-centre with the cue |
| 30% | MASSESHOT | 9 | It causes the cue ball to curve |
| 29% | LOB | 3 | Shot where a tennis ball is hit high in the air |
| 29% | CUMBERBATCH | 11 | Benedict ___, whose birthday it is today. Shot to fame portraying the titular character in the hit series "Sherlock" |
| 29% | UNO | 3 | Game in which the object is to score 500 points |
| 29% | DARTS | 5 | Game in which the object is to end with zero points |
| 28% | BLOODY | 6 | To be hit in the face may cause this secreting nose |
| 27% | UNO | 3 | Game in which the object is to be the first player to score 500 points |
| 27% | NUTMEGS | 7 | Soccer moves in which the ball is kicked or dribbled through the defender's legs (named after a certain spice) |
| 26% | RONWEASLEY | 10 | The character Rupert Grint - whose birthday it is today - shot to fame playing in the "Harry Potter" series of films: 2 wds. |
| 26% | BACKPASS | 8 | (Prohibited) soccer maneuver in which a goalie handles the ball after receiving it from a teammate |
| 26% | SKEET | 5 | Sport in which a shotgun is used to shoot at clay targets thrown into the air |
| 26% | IGNITION | 8 | Part of a vehicle the key is pushed in to start it |
| 26% | PAM | 3 | Product that becomes an item to which it's applied after shifting the last letter one spot down in the alphabet |
| 26% | BLACKJACK | 9 | Activity in which people ask to be hit |
| 26% | SEALEVEL | 8 | The Caspian is just below it |
| 26% | TIME | 4 | (2/3) "What ___ Is It?" opening number from Disney's "High School Musical 2" in which the characters look forward to summer |
| 26% | OREO | 4 | Cookie in which my kid replaced the frosting with cheese and tried to get me to eat it |
| 25% | HEELBONE | 8 | The Achilles tendon is attached to it |
| 25% | LUKE | 4 | The prodigal son is found in it |
| 25% | GREEK | 5 | The New Testament was written in it |
| 25% | BYZANTINEEMPIRE | 15 | The Hagia Sophia was built in it |
| 25% | ICE | 3 | ___ hockey, Winter Olympic sport in which two teams use sticks to shoot a rubber puck and was first played in the 19th century |
| 25% | BEE | 3 | Contest in which the rules must be followed to the letter? |
| 25% | AUSTRALIAN | 10 | The ___ Open, the Outback's grand slam which Serena - whose birthday it is - won after defeating 30-Across in the final in 2017 |
| 25% | NOD | 3 | Land of —, region in the Old Testament to which Cain was banished after he had killed Abel |