| 100% | CATSCRADLE | 10 | Game with the figures "soldier's bed" and "fish in a dish" |
| 45% | SIMONSAYS | 9 | Playground game with a boy's name in the title |
| 45% | POKE | 4 | ___ bowl, Hawaiian dish with raw fish, rice, and topping that became popular in the 2010s |
| 45% | MARIO | 5 | First video game character to be honored with a figure in the Hollywood Wax Museum |
| 43% | CHINESECHECKERS | 15 | Game with a star in the middle |
| 43% | CELERY | 6 | Popular stalk which is the main ingredient in the dish ants on a log, and is packed with 95% water |
| 43% | WATER | 5 | *___ balloon fight, snowball fight alternative for Christmas in July ... and a game one might play with friends in the backyard |
| 43% | BINGO | 5 | Game with a "Free Space" square in the middle |
| 41% | MASH | 4 | Acronym in the names of a children's game and a classic TV show |
| 41% | DARKTOWER | 9 | Round board game with a black column in the middle |
| 41% | DONTBIGEMPTY | 12 | With 45 Across, a query put to Bob Hope in 1939's The Cat and the Canary |
| 41% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "On the Floor" singer with a fashion and bedding line at Kohl's: 2 wds. |
| 41% | CANIGETANAMEN | 13 | "Anyone agree with me?" and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| 40% | TOY | 3 | (7/7) The final game is over and all the coins are spent. With sore fingers and a stuffed ___ in hand, you exit the arcade! |
| 40% | SEALION | 7 | A seal with ears and a mane, common in the Pacific |
| 39% | IDIOM | 5 | Figure of speech ... and a synonym of the puzzle's alternate title, spelled left to right in the circled squares |
| 39% | SUSHI | 5 | Japanese dish with fish and rice wrapped in seaweed |
| 39% | ORSONSCOTTCARD | 14 | "Ender's Game" author who won a Hugo and a Nebula in the same year, twice: 3 wds. |
| 39% | LAIR | 4 | Dragon's ___, '80s video game with a knight as the protagonist that is seen in "Stranger Things" |
| 39% | ANZAC | 5 | In World War I, a soldier serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
| 39% | BADPENNY | 8 | With "a," someone undesirable ... and what's found in the circled letters? |
| 39% | CASCA | 5 | Roman soldier in a series of novels by Barry Sadler beginning with 1979's The Eternal Mercenary |
| 39% | CANDYLAND | 9 | Board game with a path through the Peppermint Forest and the Lagoon of Lord Licorice |
| 38% | ISAAC | 5 | Biblical figure with a tomb in the Cave of the Patriarchs |
| 38% | CANDYLAND | 9 | Board game with the Peppermint Stick Forest and the Gumdrop Mountain in the National Toy Hall of Fame (2 wds.) |
| 38% | KERPLUNK | 8 | Game played with balls and sticks in a tube |
| 38% | HES | 3 | Game with a king and a queen: c___s |
| 38% | SPAM | 4 | E-mail with the subject “MAKE $10000 A DAY AND M33T ELIGIBLE SINGLES IN AREA,” probably |
| 38% | FIESTA | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game with a name that means "feast" in Spanish and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 38% | OMINOUSLY | 9 | With storm clouds gathering in the background and a crow cawing in the distance |