| 100% | LAST | 4 | Finishing fifth in an M.L.B. division, for example |
| 42% | BEANBALL | 8 | Reason for an ejection in the M.L.B. |
| 39% | PAIGE | 5 | Satchel who pitched in an M.L.B. game at the age of fifty-nine |
| 39% | STOW | 4 | Store in an overhead compartment, for example |
| 38% | SAILBOAT | 8 | Yacht in an America's Cup race, for example |
| 37% | ASTRO | 5 | M.L.B. player in the same division as a Ranger or Angel |
| 36% | LIE | 3 | Apt letters for the blanks in _ _ B _ L |
| 35% | ALWEST | 6 | M.L.B. division that includes the L.A. Angels |
| 34% | METS | 4 | M.L.B. team that was the first to trade a player for himself (Harry Chiti in 1962) |
| 34% | BREA | 4 | Spanish word for "tar" in the name of an L.A. landmark |
| 34% | DEPT | 4 | Section or division in an office, for short |
| 33% | ICHIRO | 6 | Suzuki with the M.L.B. record for hits in a single season (262) |
| 33% | TOS | 3 | Breaks in an N.B.A. game, for short |
| 33% | QUIDPROQUO | 10 | Withholding aid in exchange for a political investigation might be an example of one |
| 33% | ADELE | 5 | Singer who was awarded an M.B.E. in 2013 |
| 32% | TOY | 3 | Jack-in-the-box, originally made for a prince's fifth birthday by a German clockmaker named Claus, is an example of one of these |
| 32% | RHE | 3 | Letters on an M.L.B. scoreboard |
| 32% | AVE | 3 | Fifth in NYC, for short |
| 31% | ALWEST | 6 | M.L.B. division that includes the Astros |
| 31% | GRE | 3 | Test for an aspiring M.B.A., perhaps |
| 31% | ROAR | 4 | First sound in an M-G-M film |
| 31% | AMRADIO | 7 | Where to catch an M.L.B. broadcast |
| 31% | HELMETHIT | 9 | Reason for an ejection in the N.F.L. |
| 31% | FLAGRANTFOUL | 12 | Reason for an ejection in the N.B.A. |
| 31% | TENTH | 5 | First extra inning of an M.L.B. game |
| 31% | CITY | 4 | Counterpart of "highway" in an m.p.g. rating |
| 31% | ECON | 4 | Subj. for an M.B.A. |
| 30% | DANSE | 5 | Ballet, for example, in French |
| 30% | HAUL | 4 | "I'm in it for the long ___" (determined to finish) |
| 30% | BATH | 4 | Go for an early ___, phrase that originated in rugby that means to stop doing something before you've finished |