| 100% | ACE | 3 | One in play? |
| 82% | PYRO | 4 | One engaged in match play? |
| 82% | ARSONIST | 8 | One skilled in match play |
| 82% | PYROS | 5 | Ones involved in match play |
| 80% | ACED | 4 | Played in one stroke |
| 79% | OUT | 3 | One of two in a double play |
| 79% | OUT | 3 | One of three in a triple play |
| 79% | ACT | 3 | One of five in a Shakespeare play |
| 78% | OPOSSUM | 7 | One skilled in playing dead |
| 78% | HOLE | 4 | One playing period in golf |
| 77% | SUIT | 4 | One of four in a playing cards deck |
| 77% | BANGKOKFIGHTER | 14 | One organizing fowl play in Thailand? |
| 76% | PUN | 3 | One of about 3,000 in Shakespeare's plays |
| 74% | BIOPIC | 6 | "The Greatest" ('77), for one, in which Ali played himself |
| 74% | ACT | 3 | Do one's part in a play, say |
| 74% | MONOLOGUE | 9 | Speech given by one character in a play |
| 74% | INNING | 6 | One of nine divisions of play in baseball |
| 74% | ACE | 3 | Playing card with one symbol in its center |
| 74% | ACE | 3 | Playing card with one pip in the center |
| 74% | PIANO | 5 | Schroeder plays one, in "Peanuts" |
| 73% | FLUFFS | 6 | Makes mistakes in one's lines in a play |
| 73% | STARLET | 7 | One may play a big part in the future |
| 73% | ROLES | 5 | Some actors play multiple ___ in one movie |
| 73% | RECLEAGUE | 9 | An amateur athlete might play in one |
| 73% | GIVEANDGO | 9 | Quick one-two play in sports |
| 72% | STADIUM | 7 | The Super Bowl is played in one |
| 72% | TOYPIANO | 8 | Schroeder plays one, in the comics |
| 72% | STOREOWNER | 10 | DeGeneres played one in "Ellen" |
| 72% | PIANO | 5 | Sam played one in "Casablanca" |
| 72% | HALFANHOUR | 10 | One-act play by J M Barrie published in 1913 |