| 100% | PASSPLAY | 8 | It's not all done on the ground |
| 53% | NINETY | 6 | It's dangerous to do on the road |
| 53% | ACE | 3 | It's not returned, on the court |
| 52% | SLOPE | 5 | It's not on the level |
| 51% | ADDEDATTRACTION | 15 | It's not on the standard bill |
| 51% | ACE | 3 | It's not returned on the court |
| 51% | WHITE | 5 | It's not "in on the yolk" |
| 51% | ASIDE | 5 | It's not on the main 83-Across |
| 50% | STARE | 5 | It's not good to do this at the sun |
| 49% | FINI | 4 | It's done in France all the time |
| 49% | ELAL | 4 | It's grounded on the Sabbath |
| 46% | CRAWLING | 8 | Moving on the ground on all fours, like babies |
| 46% | SLUSHY | 6 | When snow on the ground starts melting, it is __ |
| 46% | TREESPARROW | 11 | Bird that forages on the ground, despite its name |
| 46% | BLANKET | 7 | "___ on the Ground," song by Billie Jo Spears ... or the thick sheet one may wear when it's very cold |
| 45% | WORLDONFIRE | 11 | Song by 40-Across on 48-Across with the lyric "Whatcha gonna do when it all burns down?" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | BERG | 4 | On the surface it might not look like much |
| 44% | MERINGUEPIE | 11 | It's not all fluff |
| 44% | UNWARY | 6 | Not on the ball at all |
| 44% | SPEWALKING | 10 | Form of racing that requires one foot on the ground at all times |
| 43% | ATIP | 4 | Not having one's feet flat on the ground |
| 43% | SOD | 3 | Surface of the ground with grass growing on it |
| 43% | ROSIE | 5 | Woman on the old "We Can Do It!" posters |
| 43% | ATONE | 5 | The devout do it on Yom Kippur |
| 43% | PEDAL | 5 | What it's harder to do on an exercise bike when you increase the resistance |
| 43% | CELEBRATE | 9 | Kool & the Gang say it's all right to do this |
| 43% | SAME | 4 | "It's not the ___ thing at all!" ("These are totally different!") |
| 43% | SAME | 4 | "It's not the ___ thing at all" ("My case is different") |
| 42% | ITINA | 5 | Autobiography on which the biopic "What's Love Got to Do With It" is based |