| 100% | BBALL | 5 | Game played by the 15-Across, for short (Hyph.) |
| 51% | BATTLESHIPS | 11 | Game played by the Navy |
| 49% | BBALL | 5 | The NBA's game, for short: Hyph. |
| 47% | LAWNTENNIS | 10 | Formal name for the game played by Venus and Serena Williams |
| 47% | TICTACTOE | 9 | Game played by contestants on "Hollywood Squares": Hyph. |
| 46% | CHESS | 5 | Game played by Alice in "Through the Looking-Glass" |
| 46% | RISK | 4 | Game played across the world |
| 45% | BADMINTON | 9 | Game played for the Thomas Cup |
| 45% | POOHSTICKS | 10 | Game played by Tigger and Eeyore in the Hundred Acre Wood |
| 44% | DAEMON | 6 | Prince played by 15-Across in the HBO fantasy series "House of the Dragon" |
| 44% | MMO | 3 | Video game played by many people at the same time |
| 44% | UKES | 4 | Instruments played by Kalakaua, for short |
| 44% | JAMESBOND | 9 | British spy played by 33-Across for the first time in 48-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | BATWOMAN | 8 | The CW superhero played by 15-Across and 29-Across |
| 43% | PHILIP | 6 | Prince played by 15-Across in the first two seasons of the Netflix historical drama "The Crown" |
| 43% | SAX | 3 | Horn played by Branford Marsalis, for short |
| 43% | INDY | 4 | Adventurer played by Harrison Ford, for short |
| 43% | SAX | 3 | Instrument played by Bill Clinton, for short |
| 43% | BBALL | 5 | Sport played by LeBron James, for short |
| 43% | SAX | 3 | Woodwind played by Lisa Simpson, for short |
| 43% | SAX | 3 | Instrument played by Lisa Simpson, for short |
| 43% | UKE | 3 | Instrument played by Zee Avi, for short |
| 42% | REPO | 4 | Car seized by the bank, for short |
| 42% | OBE | 3 | Honour bestowed by the queen, for short |
| 42% | REPO | 4 | Car claimed by the bank, for short |
| 42% | IDS | 3 | Cards checked by the TSA, for short |
| 42% | CONDO | 5 | Apartment owned by the resident, for short |
| 42% | SAX | 3 | Instrument played by jazz great Charlie Parker, for short |
| 42% | PDA | 3 | Locking lips by the lockers, e.g., for short |
| 42% | UVRAY | 5 | Thing absorbed by the ozone layer, for short |