| 100% | DABBLES | 7 | Plays at, with "in" |
| 71% | AROLE | 5 | Play ___ in (be involved with) |
| 71% | TUTTI | 5 | With everyone playing, in scores |
| 70% | ARCO | 4 | Played with the bow, in music |
| 70% | ASET | 4 | Play ___ (sit in with the band) |
| 68% | NETS | 4 | NBA team that plays at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn |
| 68% | ACE | 3 | Playing card with one symbol in its center |
| 68% | ACE | 3 | Playing card with one pip in the center |
| 68% | GDARNGDENRS | 11 | Play in 7-Across with the rack ADEGNRS |
| 68% | RDESRIRDEDS | 11 | Play in 7-Across with the rack DDEEIRS |
| 68% | WROWRRDIEDR | 11 | Play in 7-Across with the rack DEIORRW |
| 68% | ACE | 3 | Playing card with an A in the corner |
| 67% | TUTTI | 5 | With all playing at once, musically |
| 67% | BEACHBALL | 9 | Sphere played with at the seaside |
| 67% | SPLIT | 5 | Recommended play with eights in blackjack |
| 67% | SARAH | 5 | & 8D Actress who played Sarah Braithwaite in ITV series At Home with the Braithwaites |
| 67% | ARI | 3 | M.L.B. team that plays at Chase Field, in brief |
| 67% | EAR | 3 | Song played at the school dance in "Back to the Future" |
| 66% | ARCO | 4 | With 63-Across, where the Kings play in Sacramento |
| 66% | KAREN | 5 | With 49-Across, actress who played Gidget in 1969 |
| 66% | ACE | 3 | Playing card with the letter A in two corners |
| 66% | GAWK | 4 | Stare at in wonder (rhymes with "hawk") |
| 66% | APPLEGATE | 9 | Christina played Kelly in Married... with Children |
| 66% | NHL | 3 | Org. in which Ducks play with pucks |
| 65% | PAR | 3 | "Batman is at ___ with Green Arrow in terms of intelligence" |
| 65% | OPENS | 5 | Plays first, as in cards or at a concert |
| 65% | TYLER | 5 | With 34-Across, actor who played Madea in ten movies |
| 65% | KARL | 4 | With 33-Down, actor who played Skurge in "Thor: Ragnarok" |
| 65% | IFELL | 5 | "___ in love with him at first sight...": 2 wds. |
| 65% | COOLER | 6 | Container at a picnic with ice in it |