| 100% | CECIL | 5 | Heavy-hitting Fielder |
| 79% | WHUMP | 5 | Heavy hit |
| 79% | THUMPS | 6 | Heavy hits |
| 70% | LEADEN | 6 | Heavy field study |
| 67% | THUD | 4 | Sound of something heavy hitting the ground |
| 66% | SMOTE | 5 | Hit with a heavy blow |
| 65% | RATT | 4 | Heavy metal band with 1980s hits |
| 63% | DHED | 4 | Hit but didn't field, in baseball |
| 62% | FUNGO | 5 | Ball hit for fielding practice |
| 61% | HITTER | 6 | Heavy __, a serious player; boxer who hits hard |
| 61% | BOMBARDED | 9 | Was constantly hit by heavy ordnance |
| 59% | THUDS | 5 | Sounds of heavy things hitting the ground |
| 59% | ERRORS | 6 | "Good hit, no field" player's stats |
| 59% | CHICAGOBLOOP | 12 | Poorly hit fly ball at Wrigley Field? |
| 58% | THUD | 4 | Sound of a heavy bag hitting the floor |
| 58% | BAM | 3 | Sound of a heavy hammer hitting a wall |
| 56% | SHOTPUT | 7 | Track and field sport of throwing a heavy sphere |
| 56% | BLUDGEON | 8 | To hit someone with a heavy club or object |
| 53% | RATT | 4 | Heavy-metal band with the hit albums "Out of the Cellar" and "Infestation" |
| 50% | YANKEESTADIUM | 13 | Baseball field where 15-Across got his 3,000th hit: 2 wds. |
| 50% | OPPO | 4 | Go __: hit to right field batting right-handed, say, in baseball lingo |
| 49% | OZZ | 3 | "Blizzard of ___" (debut heavy metal album that features the hit song "Crazy Train") |
| 47% | SAX | 3 | "Yakety __": horn-heavy novelty hit |
| 45% | MOTLEYCRUE | 10 | 1980s heavy metal band fronted by Vince Neil, with the hit "Dr. Feelgood": 2 wds. |
| 45% | APPLE | 5 | Giant fruit that pops up when a Met hits a home run at Citi Field |
| 44% | IRONMAIDEN | 10 | 1980s heavy metal band fronted by Bruce Dickinson, with the hit "Flight of Icarus": 2 wds. |
| 43% | CECIL | 5 | Baseball's Fielder |
| 42% | LEADEN | 6 | Heavy |
| 42% | VILLAIN | 7 | Heavy |
| 42% | DEEP | 4 | Heavy |