| 100% | ALLEYOOP | 8 | Pass-dunk play in basketball (Hyph.) |
| 74% | GIVEANDGO | 9 | Passing play in basketball or hockey |
| 63% | OOP | 3 | Play in basketball, Alley-___ |
| 62% | OOP | 3 | Pass leading to a dunk, in basketball lingo |
| 61% | ALLEYOOP | 8 | Basketball pass before a slam dunk (Hyph.) |
| 60% | OOP | 3 | Alley-___, offensive play in basketball |
| 59% | OOP | 3 | Alley-___, an offensive play in basketball |
| 59% | OOP | 3 | Alley-___, popular offensive play in basketball |
| 59% | ALLEYOOP | 8 | Basketball play that ends with a slam dunk (Hyph.) |
| 56% | STUFFSHOT | 9 | Dunk in basketball |
| 55% | ASSIST | 6 | In basketball, a pass that helps another score |
| 54% | THROW | 5 | Pass, in football or basketball |
| 52% | TWEENER | 7 | Player who can play in two positions in basketball |
| 51% | ALLEYOOPS | 9 | Basketball plays that might result in a miss? |
| 51% | OOP | 3 | Alley-___ (looping pass in a play) |
| 51% | ALLEY | 5 | ___-oop, offensive play in basketball where the scoring player catches the ball in mid-air |
| 50% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | Basketball star who played himself in "Trainwreck": 2 wds. |
| 49% | ALLSTARS | 8 | Elite pro athletes selected to play in a special exhibition game: Hyph. |
| 49% | HOOKSHOTS | 9 | Basketball plays in which players’ arms make an arced movement |
| 48% | FOULPROOF | 9 | Like one playing basketball in a suit of armor? |
| 47% | STEALING | 8 | Intercepting a pass in basketball |
| 47% | NOLOOK | 6 | Kind of pass in basketball |
| 47% | LOUISDREYFUS | 12 | "Seinfeld" actress Julia who plays Eva in 39-Across: Hyph. |
| 46% | LIZCAMBAGE | 10 | First woman to dunk in an Olympic basketball game: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SCOOBYDOO | 9 | 2002 film in which Linda Cardellini played teen sleuth Velma: Hyph. |
| 46% | CARRIEANNEMOSS | 14 | "Memento" actress who played Trinity in "The Matrix": 2 wds., hyph. |
| 45% | MADHOPS | 7 | Dunker’s gift, in basketball lingo |
| 45% | ANNMARGRET | 10 | "Viva Las Vegas" actress who played Kim MacAfee in 30-Across: Hyph. |
| 45% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | "Split" actress who plays Magik in "The New Mutants": 2 wds., hyph. |
| 45% | XMENAPOCALYPSE | 14 | 2016 superhero movie in which Olivia Munn played Psylocke: 2 wds., hyph. |