| 100% | POKER | 5 | Card game that's a hint to today's theme |
| 60% | SHORTERDAYS | 11 | Winter feature with a hint to today's puzzle theme |
| 57% | FOURH | 5 | Kind of club that's a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 55% | VENUSDEMILO | 11 | Masterpiece discovered in 1820 with a feature that's a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 53% | SCORINGPOINTS | 13 | Goal of most games (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| 53% | POKER | 5 | Card game or a type of face that's hard to read |
| 52% | WINWINSITUATION | 15 | Scenario that works out for everyone... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 52% | WHEREARTTHOU | 12 | Question that follows "O Brother" in film ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 52% | SECRETMENU | 10 | Food only found by those who know, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 51% | FORYOU | 6 | Gift card phrase, a homophonic hint to the puzzle's theme |
| 51% | UNO | 3 | Card game that's a Spanish number |
| 51% | OPERATION | 9 | Classic kids' game involving removal of body parts ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 51% | GENDER | 6 | With 43-Across, something that escapes certain categories, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 51% | DAYHIKE | 7 | Walking trip that may last from morning till evening ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | UNO | 3 | Card game that's a twist on Crazy Eights |
| 50% | FARO | 4 | Card game that's a homonym of an ancient ruler |
| 49% | ISPYWITHMYLITTLEEYE | 19 | Children's game phrase that should start the italicized clues … or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle |
| 49% | OHHELL | 6 | Card game that's also a complaint |
| 48% | WAR | 3 | Two-player card game that tends to last a very long time |
| 48% | GROSS | 5 | "That's repulsive!" ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 48% | SPINTHEBOTTLE | 13 | Classic party game ... or a hint to solving the answers that intersect circles |
| 48% | UNO | 3 | Card game that's also a number in Spanish |
| 47% | SPADES | 6 | In ___, term originating through card games that means to have in a great amount |
| 47% | GRANDCENTRAL | 12 | Famous place with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | LITTLEEVA | 9 | Singer with a 1962 #1 hit that started a dance craze (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| 47% | OFGRAY | 6 | ...and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | H&RBLOCK | 8 | Subject of the Final Jeopardy! question that knocked out Ken Jennings after a record 74 wins ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | UPLIFTS | 7 | Elates, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | ADDED | 5 | Extra, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |