| 100% | THECHOSEN | 9 | Chaim Potok novel that opens with a baseball game between modern Orthodox and Hasidic Jews |
| 27% | CATCH | 5 | Simple game with a baseball and two mitts |
| 25% | APP | 3 | Program that opens with a tap |
| 25% | MOBYDICK | 8 | Novel that opens with the line "Call me Ishmael" |
| 25% | OMOO | 4 | Novel that begins with a mutiny |
| 25% | NBAJAM | 6 | Game with a secret additional roster of players that includes Bill Clinton and Al Gore |
| 25% | DINGHY | 6 | Open boat with a mast and sails that can be used for racing |
| 25% | RHAPSODYINBLUE | 14 | Gershwin composition that opens with a famous clarinet glissando |
| 24% | RING | 4 | ___ toss, fun game that one can enjoy with friends and family at a picnic |
| 24% | SCARLET | 7 | With "The" and 45-Across, classic Looney Tunes cartoon that's a parody of a classic novel |
| 24% | SEED | 4 | ___ spitting contest, fun game that one can enjoy with friends and family at a picnic |
| 24% | SACK | 4 | Potato ___ race, fun game that one can enjoy with friends and family at a picnic |
| 24% | DOA | 3 | 1950 film that opens with a man reporting his own murder |
| 24% | SPOON | 5 | Egg-and-___ race, fun game that one can enjoy with friends and family at a picnic |
| 24% | GREEN | 5 | Red Light ___ Light, fun game that one can enjoy with friends and family at a picnic |
| 24% | CANOPY | 6 | Part of a parachute that opens and fills with air |
| 23% | ELIGIBLE | 8 | 2016 novel by Curtis Sittenfeld that is a modern retelling of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" |
| 23% | AIDA | 4 | Musical that opens with "Every Story Is a Love Story" |
| 23% | POOL | 4 | Game that starts with a break |
| 23% | JENGA | 5 | Game that finishes with a crash |
| 23% | PANDORA | 7 | Novel by Susan Stokes-Chapman that's a retelling of Greek myths featuring a woman who opens a container with unfortunate consequences |
| 22% | SEMI | 4 | Game between a quarterfinal and a final, for short |
| 22% | RAIN | 4 | Weather that might delay a baseball game |
| 22% | RAIN | 4 | Weather that may delay a baseball game |
| 22% | RISK | 4 | Popular board game that's played with armies on a map ... and the theme connecting 21a, 40a, 47a, 9d, and 38d |
| 22% | ANDORRA | 7 | Country starting with A between France and Spain |
| 22% | CHESS | 5 | Word that refers to a strategic board game with black-and-white squares, and ends with "ss" |
| 22% | MYSTERYDATE | 11 | Game that involves opening a door |
| 22% | JENGA | 5 | Game with a tower that topples |
| 22% | CHESS | 5 | Game with a Bongcloud Attack opening |