| 100% | WIDEOPEN | 8 | Like an undefended receiver on a football field (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ENDZONES | 8 | Rectangles on either side of a football field: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ENDLINE | 7 | Place for a goalpost on a football field (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ATHEEL | 6 | Like an obedient dog on a walk (2 wds.) |
| 46% | REF | 3 | Person on a football field who isn't an athlete, for short |
| 44% | LATEHIT | 7 | Collision on the football field after a ref blows a whistle, say (2 wds.) |
| 43% | DIALTONE | 8 | Hum you hear on a landline phone's receiver: 2 wds. |
| 42% | EVEN | 4 | Like all the numbers painted on a football field |
| 41% | INUSE | 5 | Like an airplane lavatory with a lit "Occupied" sign: 2 wds. |
| 41% | DEFENSE | 7 | Side on a football field |
| 41% | HASHMARKS | 9 | *Lines on a football field |
| 41% | YARDS | 5 | Units on a football field |
| 41% | YARDS | 5 | 100 on a football field |
| 41% | DEFENSE | 7 | Team on a football field |
| 41% | HASHMARKS | 9 | Lines on a football field |
| 41% | YARD | 4 | Unit on a football field |
| 41% | SIGNALING | 9 | . . . on a football field, with 45 Across |
| 41% | YARDS | 5 | Distance units on a football field |
| 41% | YARD | 4 | Distance measure on a football field |
| 41% | YDS | 3 | Divisions on a football field: Abbr. |
| 41% | TACKLE | 6 | Bring down on a football field |
| 41% | YDS | 3 | Measurements on a football field: Abbr. |
| 41% | KNELT | 5 | Protested on a football field, perhaps |
| 41% | TACKLE | 6 | Bring down, on a football field |
| 41% | YDS | 3 | Units on a football field: Abbr. |
| 41% | YDS | 3 | Distances on a football field (Abbr.) |
| 41% | INCH | 4 | Miniscule gain on a football field |
| 41% | CARTWHEELS | 10 | Turnovers on a football field, maybe? |
| 41% | NOOFFENSE | 9 | Odd sign on a football field? |
| 41% | TACKLES | 7 | Brings down, on a football field |