| 100% | HASGAME | 7 | Can compete with the best |
| 57% | DELIVER | 7 | Come through with the goods |
| 57% | DOLLAR | 6 | With 88 Across, where the theme goods can be bought these days |
| 57% | YELL | 4 | Compete with the din |
| 57% | YELL | 4 | Compete with the clamor |
| 56% | YELLS | 5 | Competes with the cacophony |
| 56% | YMCA | 4 | 1978 hit with the lyric "You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal" |
| 55% | INITTOWINIT | 11 | Competing with the goal of victory |
| 55% | NAB | 3 | Catch with the goods |
| 54% | SELFRELIANCE | 12 | 1841 Emerson essay with the line “That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him” |
| 53% | LPGA | 4 | Org. with the best female drivers |
| 53% | ATM | 3 | Vegas machine with the best odds? |
| 53% | GOAT | 4 | Acronym associated with the best athletes |
| 53% | IRS | 3 | Org. with the goods on Capone |
| 53% | ARTHUR | 6 | Film with the Oscar-winning song "Best That You Can Do" |
| 52% | DEARGOD | 7 | XTC song with the lyrics "Hope you get the letter and / I pray you can make it better down here" |
| 52% | GETHERE | 7 | Oleta Adams hit with the lyrics “You can make it in a big balloon / But you better make it soon” |
| 52% | TOMMY | 5 | 1993 musical with the Best Original Score |
| 52% | OBAMA | 5 | Michelle with the best-selling memoir “Becoming” |
| 52% | OBAMA | 5 | Michelle with the best-selling memoir "Becoming" |
| 52% | TARA | 4 | Westover with the best-selling memoir "Educated" |
| 52% | IPAD | 4 | Apple tablet competing with the Amazon Fire |
| 52% | POOREST | 7 | With the least worldly goods |
| 51% | GROSSING | 8 | Top __, describes a film with the best takings |
| 51% | ADELE | 5 | Singer with the best-selling album of 2021 |
| 51% | IPAD | 4 | Tablet that competes with the Google Pixel Slate |
| 51% | IPAD | 4 | Tablet computer that competes with the Galaxy Tab |
| 51% | LOOTS | 5 | Makes off with the goods, in a way |
| 50% | NBA | 3 | Sports org. with the best-paid athletes, on average |
| 50% | REO | 3 | Rockers ___ Speedwagon with the best-selling album "Hi Infidelity" |