| 100% | POACHERS | 8 | Ones running away with the game? |
| 68% | DISH | 4 | One who ran away with the spoon, in a nursery rhyme |
| 63% | ELOPE | 5 | Run away with the intention to marry |
| 60% | DISH | 4 | One running away with a spoon, in a children's rhyme |
| 59% | DISH | 4 | It ran away with the spoon, in a nursery rhyme |
| 59% | DISH | 4 | What ran away with the spoon, in "Hey Diddle Diddle" |
| 52% | STAKEHOLDER | 11 | One with skin in the game |
| 52% | DISH | 4 | "And the ___ ran away with the spoon" (nursery rhyme line) |
| 51% | DISH | 4 | "... and the ___ ran away with the spoon" |
| 51% | DISH | 4 | ". . . and the ___ ran away with the spoon" |
| 49% | SPOON | 5 | What the dish ran away with, in "Hey Diddle Diddle" |
| 48% | ELOPE | 5 | Run away with a lover |
| 47% | ELOPE | 5 | Run away with a romantic partner |
| 47% | SPOON | 5 | Utensil that the dish ran away with, in a nursery rhyme |
| 47% | MONKEY | 6 | With the circled letters and 46-Across, playground keep-away game |
| 46% | DISH | 4 | One running away in "Hey Diddle Diddle" |
| 46% | CHESS | 5 | Board game with rooks and knights that is one of the oldest board games |
| 45% | XBOX | 4 | Console used with the game Halo |
| 45% | EMCEE | 5 | One running the show |
| 45% | BOOKKEEPER | 10 | One running the numbers |
| 45% | INA | 3 | With 60-Down, on one's game ... and hint to the start of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 45% | PAGE | 4 | One running for the Senate? |
| 45% | ELOPE | 5 | One running to the altar |
| 45% | FLED | 4 | Ran away from the scene |
| 44% | ELOPING | 7 | Running away to tie the knot |
| 44% | GIRLS | 5 | Ones running the world, per Beyoncé |
| 44% | FLED | 4 | Ran away from the crime scene |
| 44% | FLEE | 4 | Run away, as from the police |
| 44% | ELOPE | 5 | Run away to tie the knot |
| 44% | SNARE | 5 | One way to catch the game |