| 100% | STONES | 6 | Playing pieces in Go |
| 69% | TILES | 5 | Playing pieces in Rummikub |
| 69% | DISCS | 5 | Playing pieces in Othello |
| 68% | TILE | 4 | Playing piece in board game |
| 67% | SETTLER | 7 | Playing piece in Civilization board games |
| 66% | TILE | 4 | Playing piece in Rummikub or mah-jongg |
| 65% | KNIGHTS | 7 | Horse-shaped playing pieces in chess |
| 63% | STONE | 5 | Piece in the game go |
| 62% | STONE | 5 | Piece in the game of go |
| 62% | COUNTER | 7 | A small flat playing piece in a board game |
| 62% | COUNTER | 7 | A flat, round playing piece in a board game |
| 60% | ARIA | 4 | Piece played in "Otello" |
| 59% | ETUDE | 5 | Piece played in a conservatory |
| 56% | PROP | 4 | Piece of furniture in a play, for example |
| 54% | STUB | 4 | Piece of a ticket you retain after going in |
| 53% | LOVAGE | 6 | Herb, goes with Lettice in a Shaffer play |
| 52% | LOWER | 5 | When playing limbo, the bar goes in this direction |
| 52% | OVERTURE | 8 | Opening piece of music in a musical or play |
| 50% | GREGSHORT | 9 | Character played by Colin Hanks in "Life in Pieces": 2 wds. |
| 50% | CHER | 4 | She plays grandmother Ruby in "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" |
| 50% | REPRISE | 7 | Repeated song or piece of music in a film or play |
| 49% | FALLAPART | 9 | Go to pieces, or what's literally hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 49% | SHAMELESSGULP | 13 | Piece of unabashed self-promotion achieved by downing your brewskie all in one go? |
| 49% | LISZT | 5 | Composer of the piano piece played by Bugs Bunny in "Rhapsody Rabbit" |
| 49% | ALLEGRO | 7 | Musical instruction to play a piece quickly in a brisk lively manner |
| 48% | MEN | 3 | Playing pieces |
| 48% | CHER | 4 | "Moonstruck" actress who played grandmother Ruby in "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" |
| 48% | ETUDE | 5 | Playing piece? |
| 48% | MAN | 3 | Playing piece |
| 48% | ACT | 3 | Play piece |