| 100% | PILEON | 6 | Make some after-the-whistle contact |
| 61% | LATE | 4 | After the whistle |
| 54% | ROCKS | 5 | Makes some music, like the Stones |
| 53% | SCOOT | 5 | Make some room on the bench, maybe |
| 52% | JUDGED | 6 | Made some scoring decisions, as during the Olympics |
| 50% | EURO | 4 | What has made some people miss the mark? |
| 49% | FOULED | 6 | Made illegal contact with, in some sports |
| 48% | HOWLER | 6 | Monkey that is named after the loud noise it makes |
| 48% | VIOLINS | 7 | Stradivarius made some of the most famous ones |
| 47% | MEEP | 4 | Some say the Road Runner makes this sound twice! |
| 47% | CHACHAS | 7 | Does a Cuban dance named after the sound the dancers' feet make |
| 47% | ALGA | 4 | Organism used to make some fuels (or the two states above FL) |
| 46% | MOOO | 4 | Novelty song by Doja Cat named after the sound a cow makes |
| 46% | ETS | 3 | Some foreigners who have yet to make contact, for short |
| 46% | GROUNDCHUCK | 11 | Make Todd stay home after a "Meet the Press" blooper? |
| 46% | PROFITS | 7 | All the money made after expenses are paid |
| 45% | SAND | 4 | What some castles on the beach are made of |
| 45% | WATERGATE | 9 | Political scandal named after the hotel complex where some of its key events occurred |
| 44% | TARTS | 5 | The Queen of hearts made some |
| 44% | OKA | 3 | Unique Canadian cheese named after the location of the Trappist monks who originally made it |
| 43% | WEEK | 4 | Time to make some friends! Let's meet some alumni at the Homecoming ___ (7-day period)! |
| 43% | VEE | 3 | Neckline shape of some tees, that sounds like the letter after "u" |
| 42% | HELP | 4 | "Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe ___ to make the season bright" |
| 42% | ISOLATEDSPRINKLES | 17 | What you might find on the counter after making ice cream sundaes? |
| 42% | TAXI | 4 | Cry often made after a whistle |
| 42% | ITSASTART | 9 | "We've made some progress," and what one might say about the answer to each starred clue |
| 41% | RASHDECISIONS | 13 | "Be warned, I may have to make some ___," said the dermatologist |
| 41% | LATEHIT | 7 | Collision on the football field after a ref blows a whistle, say (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ACHE | 4 | Muscle ___, the lingering pain after a tough workout that might make you say "ouch" |
| 41% | STILTON | 7 | Cheese made in the district of Melton Mowbray named after a place in Cambridgeshire |