| 100% | SPOFFORTH | 9 | F R —, Australia cricketer known as The Demon Bowler; first to take a Test hat-trick |
| 31% | TUFNELL | 7 | P C R —, England Test cricketer who took 7-66 against Australia at the Oval in 1997 |
| 30% | MASSIE | 6 | R A L —, Australia Test cricketer who took 8-84 and 8-53 against England at Lord's in 1972 |
| 30% | STUDYFOR | 8 | Prepare to take, as a test |
| 28% | MAXOUT | 6 | Take to the limit, as a credit card |
| 27% | ALLSTARGAME | 11 | Event known as the Midsummer Classic that first took place at Comiskey Park on July 6, 1933 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | BRADMAN | 7 | Australian cricketer known as The Don |
| 27% | MORRIS | 6 | A R —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 182 against England at Headingley in 1948 |
| 26% | TITMUS | 6 | F J —, England Test cricketer who took 7-79 against Australia in Sydney in 1963 |
| 26% | TYSON | 5 | F H —, England Test cricketer who took 6-85 against Australia at Sydney in 1954 |
| 26% | REIFFEL | 7 | P R —, Australia Test cricketer who took 6-71 against England at Edgbaston in 1993 |
| 26% | BORDER | 6 | A R —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 205 against New Zealand in Adelaide in 1987 |
| 26% | TUDOR | 5 | A J —, England Test cricketer who took 5-44 against Australia at Nottingham in 2001 |
| 26% | FLINTOFF | 8 | A —, England Test cricketer who took 5-92 against Australia at Lord's in 2009 |
| 26% | PARALLELPARKS | 13 | Completes a road test maneuver ... or the answers to starred clues, as arranged |
| 26% | PERICLES | 8 | Known as the first citizen of Athens |
| 26% | MILLER | 6 | K R —, Australia Test cricketer who took 5-26 against West Indies in Sydney in 1952 |
| 26% | WILLIS | 6 | R G D —, England Test cricketer who took 8-43 against Australia in Leeds in 1981 |
| 26% | FROMTHEROUGH | 12 | 2014 film starring Taraji P. Henson as the first woman to coach a men's golf team (3 wds.) |
| 26% | NEL | 3 | A -, South Africa Test cricketer who took 6-32 against the West Indies in Bridgetown in 2005 |
| 26% | SNOW | 4 | J A —, England Test cricketer who took 7-40 against Australia at Sydney in 1971 |
| 26% | AACHEN | 6 | German city known to the French as Aix-la-Chapelle and now a technology hub |
| 25% | THELONGRUN | 10 | 1979 Eagles song viewed as a tribute to the Memphis R&B sound: 3 wds. |
| 25% | BEDSER | 6 | A V —, England Test cricketer who took 7-44 and 7-55 against Australia in Nottingham in 1953 |
| 25% | UNDERWOOD | 9 | D L —, England Test cricketer who took 7-50 against Australia at The Oval in 1968 |
| 25% | STARC | 5 | M A —, Australia Test cricketer who took 6-154 against South Africa at Perth in 2012 |
| 25% | DMV | 3 | Place to take a driving test: Abbr. |
| 25% | DMV | 3 | Where to take a driving test: Abbr. |
| 25% | MORIA | 5 | Underground kingdom known as Khazad-dum that used to be a famed realm of the Dwarves |
| 25% | ELLA | 4 | Fitzgerald known as the First Lady of Song |