| 100% | SMASHINGSUCCESS | 15 | Massive victory … or a high score in 113-Across? |
| 43% | GOAL | 4 | Score in a soccer or hockey game |
| 42% | SIXTY | 5 | Highest score achievable by a single dart in darts |
| 42% | ACE | 3 | Perfect score in tennis or a test |
| 41% | ACE | 3 | High or low card in a deck |
| 41% | ACES | 4 | Highest or lowest cards in a deck |
| 41% | ACE | 3 | Highest or lowest card in a deck |
| 40% | SIX | 3 | Half a dozen ... or highest boundary score in cricket |
| 40% | PAN | 3 | Across all or incorporating all in a group |
| 40% | TOPMOST | 7 | Highest in status or position, like a CEO |
| 40% | PASSMARK | 8 | Score needed to succeed in a test or exam |
| 39% | OTTAVA | 6 | In music, a full interval higher or lower than written |
| 39% | OSSIA | 5 | Or, in a musical score |
| 38% | PERISCOPE | 9 | Use it to see across trenches or in a submarine |
| 38% | ACE | 3 | Card with the highest or lowest value in a suit |
| 37% | BULLSEYE | 8 | High score in darts |
| 37% | NINE | 4 | Highest score in baccarat |
| 37% | ALL | 3 | Word indicating a tied score, in tennis or soccer |
| 37% | SHUTOUT | 7 | In baseball or ice hockey, a game where the losing side fails to score |
| 37% | ACEOFCLUBS | 10 | Certain card that can be either high or low in a deck |
| 36% | BIGSHOESTOFILL | 14 | High standards established by a predecessor … or what you are presented with in this puzzle? |
| 36% | THREESCORE | 10 | Highest score you can ever score with a single dart in a standard game of darts (and no hints intended) |
| 36% | GOALS | 5 | What you score in soccer or hockey, or resolutions that are set as a New Year's tradition |
| 36% | LOB | 3 | Hit or throw in a high arc |
| 36% | ACE | 3 | Highest 1-Across in a royal flush |
| 35% | SWISS | 5 | Deli cheese ... or, in three parts, a hint to the five longest across puzzle answers |
| 35% | NOTES | 5 | Score in a score |
| 34% | ASSIST | 6 | To help, or a goal-scoring pass in soccer |
| 34% | OVER | 4 | Bet for one expecting a high score |
| 34% | RETOOK | 6 | Tried for a higher score on, maybe |