| 100% | POLO | 4 | Game played in an anagram of itself |
| 55% | STIFLE | 6 | Word that's an anagram of itself |
| 55% | BOWLING | 7 | Game played in an alley |
| 53% | RAINBOWLING | 11 | Game played in an alley during a downpour? |
| 52% | DINGO | 5 | Dog in an anagram of DOG IN? |
| 50% | ENDPLAY | 7 | Tactical play in the last few tricks of a game of bridge forcing an opponent to make a particular lead |
| 49% | POOL | 4 | Game played in "The Color of Money" |
| 48% | CHEMINDEFER | 11 | Card game played in casinos; a variety of baccarat |
| 48% | ITEMS | 5 | Individual contents of an inventory, in role-playing games |
| 47% | OLDMAID | 7 | Game played with an odd number of cards |
| 47% | DRE | 3 | Name that's an anagram of a word in 41-Down |
| 46% | SEGA | 4 | Company whose name, aptly, is an anagram of GAMES minus a letter |
| 46% | BOWLER | 6 | A participant in game played in an alley |
| 46% | RICHARDMADDEN | 13 | "Game of Thrones" actor who plays an Eternal named Ikaris in "Eternals": 2 wds. |
| 45% | TAMES | 5 | Breaks ... or an anagram of the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | ACE | 3 | An unreturnable serve in a game of tennis |
| 44% | BOJACKSON | 9 | Only athlete to play in an MLB All-Star Game and an NFL Pro Bowl |
| 44% | CLARKE | 6 | Emilia, played Daenerys in Game of Thrones |
| 44% | HEADEY | 6 | Lena __ plays Cersei in Game of Thrones |
| 44% | SCENE | 5 | Division of an act in a play |
| 44% | SCENE | 5 | Part of an act, in a play |
| 44% | SCENE | 5 | Part of an act in a play |
| 44% | NEO | 3 | Anagram of "one" which is the character played by Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix" |
| 43% | DINKLAGE | 8 | Peter who played Tyrion in Game of Thrones |
| 43% | ROOM | 4 | Part of an accusation in the game Clue |
| 43% | DORMER | 6 | Natalie __, plays a Tyrell in Game of Thrones |
| 43% | SCENE | 5 | Part of an act, in a Broadway play |
| 42% | LAW | 3 | He played Watson in "Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows" |
| 42% | SEANBEAN | 8 | Actor who played Ned Stark in Game of Thrones |
| 42% | AIRBALLED | 9 | Made an embarrassing miss in a game of hoops |