| 100% | ADIP | 4 | Go for ___ in the pool (2 wds.) |
| 84% | ADIP | 4 | Go for ___ (enjoy the swimming pool): 2 wds. |
| 76% | ADIP | 4 | "I'm taking ___ in the pool": 2 wds. |
| 75% | OKGO | 4 | Band that danced on treadmills in the 2006 music video for "Here It Goes Again": 2 wds. |
| 72% | DIPIN | 5 | "Go for a ___ the pool" (swim): 2 wds. |
| 67% | ATOE | 4 | Put ___ in the water (try for a bit): 2 wds. |
| 66% | BABA | 4 | Black sheep's cry in the rhyme, for short: 2 wds. |
| 66% | SWAM | 4 | Went for a dip in the pool |
| 65% | POOLPARTY | 9 | Gathering where people go swimming in the backyard: 2 wds. |
| 64% | OKGO | 4 | Band known for the treadmill choreography in the "Here It Goes Again" music video: 2 wds. |
| 63% | CADECUNNINGHAM | 14 | #1 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft who plays for the Detroit Pistons: 2 wds. |
| 63% | EVANMOBLEY | 10 | #3 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers: 2 wds. |
| 62% | ATBAT | 5 | Ready for a pitch in the ballpark: 2 wds. |
| 62% | PIERCEBROSNAN | 13 | Irish-born actor who costarred in the 2018 movie "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again": 2 wds. |
| 62% | WINTERSBONE | 11 | 2010 film set in the Ozarks for which 15-/48-Across received an Oscar nomination: 2 wds. |
| 62% | DEBRAMESSING | 12 | Actress who played 17a in the series for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award: 2 wds. |
| 61% | LEGALAGE | 8 | 21, for buying alcohol in the US: 2 wds. |
| 61% | WINTERSBONE | 11 | 2010 film set in the Ozarks for which 15-/48-Across received her first Oscar nomination: 2 wds. |
| 61% | DIANAROSS | 9 | "Stop! In the Name of Love" singer named one of People's Most Beautiful for 2017: 2 wds. |
| 61% | AFTERALL | 8 | In the end: 2 wds. |
| 61% | ATALL | 5 | In the slightest: 2 wds. |
| 60% | EDITHBUNKER | 11 | "All in the Family" role for 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 60% | EMMYAWARD | 9 | Honor won twice by 18-Across in the 1950s for playing Schultzy on "The Bob Cummings Show": 2 wds. |
| 60% | JALENGREEN | 10 | #2 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft who plays for the Houston Rockets: 2 wds. |
| 60% | ASTO | 4 | In the matter of: 2 wds |
| 60% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname for Erving in the old N.B.A.: 2 wds. |
| 60% | NBACHAMP | 8 | Michael Jordan, six times in the 1990s, for short (2 wds.) |
| 60% | STEVELARGENT | 12 | Seattle Seahawks wide receiver who served in the U.S House of Representatives for Oklahoma during 1994-2002: 2 wds. |
| 60% | SWIMSUIT | 8 | Outfit for going in a pool or the ocean |
| 59% | MINNESOTAFATS | 13 | Pool player in "The Hustler": 2 wds. |