| 100% | BATTERY | 7 | Joint term for catcher and pitcher in baseball |
| 41% | STRIKE | 6 | Term in baseball and bowling |
| 41% | OSSICLES | 8 | Term for the hammer, anvil and stirrup in the ear |
| 40% | ACE | 3 | Term in baseball, golf and tennis |
| 40% | KNUCKLEBALLER | 13 | Term for the type of pitcher 17- and 39-Across are |
| 38% | ACE | 3 | Term in tennis, golf and baseball, all with different meanings |
| 36% | ARIA | 4 | Las Vegas resort and casino named for a term in opera |
| 36% | BULLPEN | 7 | Warm-up spot for baseball pitchers with a "bull" in its name |
| 35% | BUG | 3 | *Common term for a glitch in a program, and something you'd hear often in tech jargon |
| 35% | PERFECTHATTRICK | 15 | Soccer term for scoring with one's right foot, left foot and head in a single game |
| 35% | BELOWMACARONI | 13 | Where spaghetti and orzo rank in terms of their suitability for making necklaces? |
| 35% | PORTMANTEAU | 11 | Term for the other longest answers in the puzzle (and 92 Down) |
| 34% | UMP | 3 | One who calls strikes and outs in baseball, for short |
| 34% | UMPED | 5 | Called balls and strikes in a baseball game, for short |
| 34% | JOEMAUER | 8 | Minnesota Twins catcher and first baseman who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SHINS | 5 | Protected body parts for goalies and baseball catchers |
| 34% | NOLANRYAN | 9 | Pitcher for the Astros and three other teams in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JAMIEMOYER | 10 | Pitcher for the Mariners and seven other teams in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s: 2 wds. |
| 34% | YUDARVISH | 9 | *Star pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters before joining Major League Baseball in 2012 |
| 34% | BASEBALLDIAMOND | 15 | Place to catch catchers and pitchers |
| 34% | TOMMYJOHN | 9 | Pitcher who's known for his successful elbow surgery and played to age 46, in 1989: 2 wds. |
| 33% | WET | 3 | Term for bars and cells |
| 33% | ATBAT | 5 | Facing the pitcher in baseball, say: 2 wds. |
| 33% | LENTANDO | 8 | Italian term in music for slowing and softening |
| 33% | LIAR | 4 | "A warehouse of facts, with poet and ___ in joint ownership" ("The Devil's Dictionary" definition for "imagination") |
| 33% | DAL | 3 | Term for cooked pulses in India |
| 33% | STALEMATE | 9 | Term for a draw in chess |
| 33% | SATORI | 6 | Term for enlightenment in Japanese Buddhism |
| 33% | APOKREAS | 8 | Term for Carnival season in Greece |
| 33% | MALAPHOR | 8 | Informal term for a sentence that mixes two idioms or cliches, like the ones found in 20a, 42a, 58a, 24d, and 25d |