| 100% | THEATER | 7 | Building in which plays or performances are done |
| 47% | HIPS | 4 | They are essential in doing the twist or playing Twister |
| 43% | HOSPITAL | 8 | Building in which ER and Grey's Anatomy are set |
| 42% | MANNER | 6 | Style in which something is done |
| 41% | BELFAST | 7 | City in which the Titanic was built |
| 41% | EVITA | 5 | Musical in which musical chairs is played |
| 41% | REEL | 4 | Highlight ___, compilation of best plays from the season or game which is a popular break-time sight in most stadium sports |
| 40% | RUR | 3 | Play in which "robot" was coined |
| 40% | USAGE | 5 | The way in which words are spoken or written |
| 40% | OPERATION | 9 | Process in which a number is altered or changed |
| 40% | BATHING | 7 | Could be done in the sun or the tub |
| 40% | SOLOS | 5 | Performances in which a musician plays alone |
| 40% | SOLO | 4 | Performance in which a musician plays alone |
| 39% | QIN | 3 | Chinese dynasty in which the terra-cotta army was built |
| 39% | ALI | 3 | 2001 film in which Will Smith played a legendary boxer |
| 39% | LUGE | 4 | Winter Olympic sport which is also a small one or two person sled that rhymes with "huge" and was first played in the 1870s |
| 39% | SKAT | 4 | Activity in which people are not playing with a full deck |
| 38% | BOOLEAN | 7 | Kind of logic in which all values are either true or false |
| 38% | OSUMGAME | 8 | Situation in which, on the whole, nothing can be gained or lost |
| 38% | OTHELLO | 7 | Play in which jealousy is called "the green-eyed monster" |
| 38% | ACTS | 4 | Is in a movie or play |
| 38% | SYMBOLICLOGIC | 13 | In which "P or Q, but not both" is represented as (P∨Q)∧¬(P∧Q) |
| 37% | OURTOWN | 7 | Play in which the Stage Manager is a character |
| 37% | GOTTHEHOOK | 10 | Was yanked offstage ... or what four puzzle answers did, in a way |
| 37% | TWIG | 4 | Tiny offshoot which may also be used in building nests |
| 37% | GAMEBOARD | 9 | Surface on which Monopoly or Ludo are played |
| 37% | BOARD | 5 | Surface on which chess or checkers is played |
| 37% | BYTHEROLLINGOFTWODICE | 21 | Mystery Person once wrote a waltz in which the choice of measures played was determined ... |
| 36% | HAIR | 4 | It may be braided or done up in a 46-Across |
| 36% | SINGING | 7 | What Billie Eilish or Adele are doing in concerts |