| 100% | DORMY | 5 | In golf, ahead by as many holes as are left to be played |
| 96% | DORMIE | 6 | Golf - ahead by as many holes as are left to play |
| 43% | 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 |
| 41% | AMAZON | 6 | Company targeted by many progressives to be broken up (as depicted in one row in this grid) |
| 41% | DUMMY | 5 | Player in bridge who exposes their hand to be played by the declarer |
| 41% | ARIEL | 5 | Princess set to be played by Halle Bailey in a 2023 Disney adaptation |
| 39% | SLUR | 4 | In music, a curved line indicating that a melody is to be played legato or as a single phrase |
| 37% | STELLA | 6 | ___ Dallas, character played by Barbara Stanwyck who was mom to Laurel in the eponymous 1937 film |
| 37% | RAD | 3 | Another word commonly used by millennials to describe someone as being Cool, Hip or In Style |
| 37% | ADUE | 4 | To be played in unison |
| 37% | SLUR | 4 | Symbol of a curved line in Western musical notation indicating that two or more notes are to be played without separation |
| 37% | ASIDE | 5 | Remark in a stage play intended to be heard by the audience alone, not the other characters |
| 37% | OWED | 4 | "Never in the field of human conflict was so much ___ by so many to so few": Churchill |
| 37% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Hockney, queer artist behind the most expensive artwork by a living artist to be auctioned in 2018 |
| 37% | FALLSON | 7 | Is left to, as a responsibility |
| 36% | DEDE | 4 | ___ Tate, character played by Jodie Foster who was mom to Fred in the 1991 film "Little Man Tate" |
| 36% | BOCK | 4 | Bagpipe once played in central Europe, now most likely to be heard in the Czech Republic's Strakonice and Domazlice areas |
| 36% | CANDLE | 6 | "___ in the Wind 1997," charity single by Elton John that was rewritten as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales |
| 36% | ONTO | 4 | Not going to be played by |
| 35% | LAP | 3 | What a runner will do to another when they're more than 400 m ahead in the 5,000 m |
| 35% | DEALT | 5 | Ready to be played, in a way |
| 35% | TUNED | 5 | Ready to be played, in a way |
| 35% | ROLES | 5 | Parts to be played in movies, say |
| 35% | DOOM | 4 | First-person shooter game released in 1993 by id Software which is considered to be one of the most influential video games of all time |
| 35% | ORGAN | 5 | Tommy, lead guitarist in The Jacksons' "Unity Tour" of 2012 and 2013, who would seem to be playing the wrong instrument, judging by his name |
| 35% | BUGHOUSE | 8 | Chess variant played by four players on two boards, in which captured pieces on one board are moved to the other |
| 35% | ROLE | 4 | Film part to be played by an actor |
| 35% | FIG | 3 | Fruit tree whose leaves were reportedly used by Adam and Eve in the Bible to cover themselves |
| 35% | FIG | 3 | Fruit-bearing tree whose leaves were used by Adam and Eve in the Bible to clothe themselves |
| 35% | STEREO | 6 | Most music is played in it |