| 100% | SHUTOUT | 7 | In baseball or ice hockey, a game where the losing side fails to score |
| 38% | RBI | 3 | In baseball, the plays that allow a run to be scored |
| 37% | GOAL | 4 | Score in a soccer or hockey game |
| 37% | NOHIT | 5 | A game in baseball when the opposing team fails to record a single base hit: 2 wds. |
| 35% | USSR | 4 | Losing team in the "Miracle on Ice" hockey game |
| 35% | HOME | 4 | Where a player is trying to get their tokens to in the board game Sorry! |
| 35% | BIAS | 4 | In the game of bowls, a bulge or weight inside one side of a bowl |
| 35% | HAT | 3 | ___ trick (three hockey goals scored by the same player in a single game) |
| 34% | BIAS | 4 | Bulge or weight inside one side of a bowl in the game of bowls |
| 34% | HIT | 3 | Success in the game 60-Across ... or a hint to interpreting the circled squares |
| 33% | WAYNEGRETZKY | 12 | Hockey Hall of Famer who scored 5 goals in a single game four times for the Edmonton Oilers: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MARIOLEMIEUX | 12 | Hockey Hall of Famer who scored 5 goals in a single game four times for the Pittsburgh Penguins: 2 wds. |
| 33% | USSR | 4 | Team that lost to the American hockey team in the "Miracle on Ice" at the 1980 Olympics: Abbr. |
| 33% | BIRDIE | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle ... or a hint to the six circled answers |
| 33% | JUMANJI | 7 | "___: Welcome to the Jungle," 2017 fantasy film where teenagers are trapped in adult avatars within a video game |
| 33% | TWINKILLING | 11 | Baseball double play, in slang ... or a hint to understanding the 12 Across answers that have circles |
| 33% | BRYANTROTTIER | 13 | Hockey Hall of Famer who scored 5 goals in a single game two times for the New York Islanders: 2 wds. |
| 32% | YAHTZEE | 7 | A game where you roll five dice to score points |
| 32% | ISPYWITHMYLITTLEEYE | 19 | Children's game phrase that should start the italicized clues … or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle |
| 32% | POT | 3 | Where the money goes in a poker game |
| 32% | NEWYORK | 7 | Where the Fake Artist goes in a party game |
| 31% | HOMEPLATE | 9 | To score a run in baseball you must step on this |
| 31% | CLOSETOYOU | 10 | Where the Carpenters "long to be" in a 1970 #1 hit |
| 31% | TEX | 3 | The Rangers, in a baseball box score |
| 31% | ERR | 3 | Fail to answer in the form of a question on “Jeopardy!,” say |
| 31% | LOSE | 4 | Score the 3 in a 4-3 game |
| 31% | SOAPDISH | 8 | Where to put a bar in the bathroom |
| 31% | GRID | 4 | Where to enter the answers in a crossword |
| 31% | SAMURAI | 7 | "___ Western," action-adventure game where the player plays as a character who travels to America |