| 100% | SEMI | 4 | Playoff game featuring two of the top four competitors |
| 46% | SEMI | 4 | Either of the two Final Four games |
| 39% | SEMI | 4 | Game for two of four |
| 38% | SNOWCAPS | 8 | Features of the tops of some peaks |
| 38% | LEVI | 4 | Stubbs of the Four Tops |
| 38% | SOUTHKOREA | 10 | Home country of the top four finishers in the 2017 14-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | LEVI | 4 | Singer Stubbs of the Four Tops |
| 37% | PCA | 3 | One of the two top chess orgs. |
| 37% | PRO | 3 | One at the top of her game |
| 37% | PEAKED | 6 | Reached the top of one's game |
| 37% | HER | 3 | "She's at the top of ___ game" |
| 37% | ALLSTARS | 8 | Players at the top of their game? |
| 36% | RISK | 4 | Board game featuring a map of the world |
| 36% | PROS | 4 | They're at the top of their game |
| 36% | ALLSTARS | 8 | They're at the top of their game |
| 36% | STUBBS | 6 | Levi, classic lead singer of the Four Tops |
| 36% | ABOUTLASTNIGHT | 14 | *Romantic comedy featuring two members of the Brat Pack |
| 36% | ABOUTLASTNIGHT | 14 | Romantic comedy featuring two members of the Brat Pack |
| 36% | RISK | 4 | Classic board game featuring a map of the world |
| 36% | LOSINGASTEP | 11 | No longer at the top of one's game |
| 36% | DIVOTSANDDASHES | 15 | Two features of a hurried golf game? |
| 36% | ACE | 3 | Top card in the game of war |
| 35% | RED | 3 | One of the four colors in the board game Sorry! |
| 35% | HALOTHREE | 9 | Sequel that was the top-selling video game of 2007 |
| 35% | BOWANDSCRAPE | 12 | Two features of interest on the sunken Titanic? |
| 34% | EYES | 4 | Features near the top of the face |
| 34% | PORNO | 5 | Either of two of the top 11 highest-grossing films of 1973, per Variety |
| 34% | BOWLGAME | 8 | Either of the College Football Playoff semifinals featured in this puzzle (2 wds.) |
| 33% | SEMI | 4 | One of two played at the Women's Final Four |
| 33% | SEMI | 4 | Either of two games in the round before the finals |