| 100% | ADVANTAGE | 9 | Next score after 40-40 in a game of tennis |
| 78% | DEUCE | 5 | Score of 40-40 in a game of tennis |
| 56% | ACE | 3 | Perfect serve in a game of tennis |
| 56% | ADVANTAGE | 9 | It follows deuce in a game of tennis |
| 56% | ACE | 3 | An unreturnable serve in a game of tennis |
| 56% | SERVE | 5 | The starting hit in a game of tennis |
| 53% | GOAL | 4 | What is scored in a game of soccer |
| 53% | NIL | 3 | Score of zero in a game, say |
| 50% | CHANGEENDS | 10 | Tennis umpire's order after odd-numbered games ... and a hint to the two sets of circled letters in each of eight answers |
| 50% | FIFTEEN | 7 | First score in a tennis game |
| 50% | FIFTEENLOVE | 11 | First score in a tennis game |
| 50% | OOH | 3 | Crowd's reaction at a missed chance to score in a game of soccer, say |
| 49% | SET | 3 | Series of games in a tennis match |
| 49% | SETS | 4 | Groups of games in a tennis match |
| 49% | SET | 3 | Group of games, in a tennis tournament |
| 49% | DOUBLE | 6 | & 18A Score of 40 with one arrow in the game of darts |
| 48% | SETPOINT | 8 | In tennis, the last one to win a group of games |
| 48% | DOUBLETOP | 9 | Another name for a score of 40 in darts |
| 47% | SEMIFINAL | 9 | Game in the next-to-last round of a tournament |
| 47% | LOVEALL | 7 | Score of a tennis game about to begin |
| 47% | BREAKBACK | 9 | Win a game immediately after losing one's serve, in tennis |
| 47% | TIEBREAK | 8 | In tennis, after a 6-6 score, comes this |
| 46% | TIEBREAK | 8 | In tennis, a method of deciding the result of a game drawn at six-all |
| 46% | DARTS | 5 | Game in which players subtract from a starting score of 501 |
| 46% | DARTS | 5 | Game in which each player starts with a score of 501 |
| 46% | LOVE | 4 | Term that represents a score of zero in tennis |
| 45% | TILE | 4 | A piece in a game of Mahjong |
| 45% | SERVE | 5 | Start a game of tennis |
| 45% | ZERO | 4 | Number of games won by the losing player in a "bagel" set, in tennis |