| 100% | TWIG | 4 | Item needed to play Poohsticks |
| 75% | NET | 3 | Item needed to play volleyball |
| 68% | TOKEN | 5 | Coin-like item needed to play a game in an arcade |
| 62% | NET | 3 | Item that's needed to play volleyball |
| 56% | ANTE | 4 | Need to play, say |
| 54% | DICE | 4 | Cubes needed to play Yahtzee |
| 53% | DICE | 4 | Five are needed to play Yahtzee |
| 53% | CRABLEG | 7 | Seafood item needing to be cracked |
| 52% | ONE | 3 | Number of players needed to play solitaire |
| 52% | TWO | 3 | Number of players needed to play checkers |
| 52% | ROPE | 4 | What's needed to play double Dutch |
| 52% | TWO | 3 | Number of people needed to play chess |
| 52% | ONE | 3 | Number of players needed to play Minesweeper |
| 52% | ONE | 3 | Number of players needed to play Klondike |
| 52% | ROPE | 4 | What you need to play double Dutch |
| 51% | GPS | 3 | Navigation tool needed to play Pokémon GO (Abbr.) |
| 51% | DICE | 4 | Five of these are needed to play Yahtzee |
| 51% | REEDS | 5 | They're needed to play oboes and clarinets |
| 50% | STRUM | 5 | The action needed to play a chord on guitar |
| 50% | RACKET | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle |
| 48% | HANDS | 5 | What are needed to play the last-word theme of the puzzle |
| 48% | POOHSTICK | 9 | Item needed for game played in A. A. Milne stories |
| 48% | BLANKTILE | 9 | What you'd need to play 26-, 29-, 43- or 45-Across |
| 46% | GPS | 3 | It needs to be on to play Pokémon Go |
| 43% | BIRDIE | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle ... or a hint to the six circled answers |
| 42% | FOODBANKS | 9 | Places that offer edible items to those in need |
| 40% | EGG | 3 | Food item that needs to be cracked |
| 40% | BOW | 3 | You need one to play a cello |
| 40% | DICE | 4 | You need them to play Monopoly or Yahtzee |
| 39% | MUST | 4 | Needs to |