| 100% | BUZZER | 6 | Press this signal to answer in a game show |
| 47% | BUZZERS | 7 | Buttons hit to answer in a quiz show |
| 47% | BIRDIE | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle ... or a hint to the six circled answers |
| 44% | RAINDROPS | 9 | Shower units, and a hint to three answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | FLAREGUN | 8 | Use this to shoot a distress signal in the air |
| 42% | VEGETABLESHORTENING | 19 | Canful in a cupboard ... or a hint to parts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | SCRABBLE | 8 | Aim to get a triple word score in this board game |
| 41% | JACKPOT | 7 | Top cash prize in a game show |
| 41% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Gamble boldly, in a way … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's italicized clues |
| 39% | DING | 4 | Game show answer signal |
| 39% | THEMANFROMUNCLE | 15 | Hit 1960's TV show with a hint to the nine starred clues in this puzzle |
| 39% | NBA | 3 | With 39-Across, classic sports video game ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 39% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Certain moral lapse, and a hint to what's hidden in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 38% | TIDDLYWINKS | 11 | Game in which players try to flick plastic discs into a cup by pressing on them with a squidger |
| 38% | ENDSUPONTOP | 11 | Prevails eventually … or a hint to entering the answers to the six starred clues in this puzzle |
| 38% | DELAY | 5 | Rain ___ (break in a game due to weather) |
| 38% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 38% | TURN | 4 | Chance to play in a game |
| 38% | DARE | 4 | Alternative to Truth in a game |
| 38% | GREATWALL | 9 | Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what's missing from 10 answers |
| 38% | CORPORATEMERGER | 15 | Business acquisition ... or a hint to how the answers to the starred clues in this puzzle were formed? |
| 38% | YES | 3 | One of the answers in a 20 Questions game |
| 37% | MILLIONAIRE | 11 | "Who Wants to Be a ___?," TV quiz show in which contestants answer multiple-choice questions to win cash prizes |
| 37% | SIDEHUSTLE | 10 | Extra job, and a hint to what each starred answer is for many (and literally is, in this puzzle) |
| 37% | ISPYWITHMYLITTLEEYE | 19 | Children's game phrase that should start the italicized clues … or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle |
| 37% | STOP | 4 | Word on a red sign, and, when parsed in three parts, a hint to this puzzle's longest answers |
| 37% | CHASE | 5 | Try to catch in a game of tag |
| 37% | SPIN | 4 | Turn in a popular game show |
| 37% | MAKEADEAL | 9 | "Let's ___," TV game show in which participants have to decide if they want to swap their item for a mystery prize: 3 wds. |
| 37% | WORD | 4 | Scrabble play, or, when parsed in three parts, a hint to the switch featured in this puzzle's longest answers |