| 100% | THREESOME | 9 | Golf match between a single player and two others, who play alternate strokes on the same ball |
| 36% | CHAR | 4 | Actor who played a character with the same first name on "Two and a Half Men" |
| 35% | STYMIE | 6 | Former situation on a golf green in which an opponent's ball blocked the line between the hole and the ball about to be played |
| 29% | ABBI | 4 | Comedian Jacobson who plays a character by the same name on "Broad City" |
| 29% | SHOGI | 5 | Two-player game, popular in Japan, also known as the Game of Generals and played on a 9 x 9 board |
| 28% | DELLA | 5 | With 37-Across, "Touched by an Angel" actress who played a landlady on "Chico and the Man" |
| 28% | FOURBALL | 8 | In golf, a match for two pairs in which each player uses his or her own ball |
| 28% | BACKHANDEDCOMPLIMENTS | 21 | "For a righty, you hit the ball pretty well on your left side," and others? |
| 27% | BLADE | 5 | Superhero film based on the Marvel comics of the same name about a character who is part-vampire and part-mortal |
| 27% | DIMPLES | 7 | Tiny indents on a golf ball that provide control of the ball's trajectory, flight, and spin |
| 27% | ALDA | 4 | Actor who played a senator on “The West Wing” and in “The Aviator” |
| 27% | TONYDANZA | 9 | "The Good Cop" actor who played a former pro baseball player on "Who's the Boss?": 2 wds. |
| 26% | FUZZ | 4 | Fibrous fluff on a tennis ball which helps the ball slow down and allows players to control it better |
| 26% | PAULSCHNEIDER | 13 | Actor who played the role of Mark Brendanawicz in "Parks and Recreation", a character that appeared only in the first two seasons: 2 wds. |
| 26% | JON | 3 | Cryer who plays Alan Harper on "Two and a Half Men" |
| 26% | TUG | 3 | ___ of war, sport played with a rope where players pull and try to yank the other team over the line |
| 26% | BADMINTON | 9 | Sport played with a shuttlecock where players hit it back and forth in an attempt to make the other side miss |
| 26% | TOM | 3 | ___ Brady, NFL quarterback who suffered a major knee injury and went on to become the Comeback Player of the Year in 2009 |
| 26% | HATTRICK | 8 | Three goals by the same player in a match |
| 25% | LETO | 4 | Actor who played the Joker between Ledger and Phoenix |
| 25% | OMAR | 4 | Epps who played a doctor on "House" and "ER" |
| 25% | BENSCHWARTZ | 11 | "Parks and Recreation" actor who plays a social media director on the Netflix series "Space Force" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | DONNIEWAHLBERG | 14 | New Kids on the Block singer who played Detective Danny Reagan on 48-Across and will reprise the role in a new series in 2025 (2 wds.) |
| 25% | KYLETURLEY | 10 | Former NFL lineman who played for the St. Louis Rams who went on to form a self-titled band and establish his own record label: 2 wds. |
| 25% | DENCH | 5 | Actress Judi who plays a suspect on the 34-Across |
| 25% | DAFOE | 5 | Actor Willem who plays a suspect on the 34-Across |
| 25% | CRUZ | 4 | Actress Penelope who plays a suspect on the 34-Across |
| 25% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | "Death on the Nile" actor/director who plays Hercule Poirot in and directed "A Haunting in Venice" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | OPPONENT | 8 | The other player in a two-person game |
| 25% | TEAMMATES | 9 | They're on the same side ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |