| 100% | OFFICIAL | 8 | Referee or linesman overseeing a match |
| 48% | UMPIRE | 6 | Oversee a match |
| 41% | PRODUCER | 8 | Person who oversees a movie or album |
| 40% | SPORTING | 8 | Fair-play behavior during a match or game |
| 38% | ARENA | 5 | Where one might enjoy a match or a music concert |
| 38% | TKO | 3 | Referee's call that ends a boxing match |
| 38% | SOREMADE | 8 | Referee's call to end a judo match |
| 38% | TKO | 3 | Referee's call that stops a boxing match: Abbr. |
| 37% | OLE | 3 | Shout at a bullfight or soccer match |
| 37% | SETS | 4 | A tennis match can have three or five of these |
| 37% | ARENA | 5 | Venue for a concert or a big match |
| 37% | UMPIRE | 6 | Main official at a tennis or cricket match |
| 37% | ARENA | 5 | Venue for a boxing match or rock concert |
| 37% | UMP | 3 | Short for referee in a match |
| 37% | MAKELESS | 8 | Without a mate or a match |
| 36% | TKO | 3 | Referee's call to stop a boxing match, at times: Abbr. |
| 36% | HAJIME | 6 | Call by a referee to start a judo match |
| 36% | SET | 3 | Part of a tennis match or a comedy show |
| 36% | TKO | 3 | Fight-ending refereeing decision in a boxing match: Abbr. |
| 36% | FLICKER | 7 | Shine unsteadily like a lit match or hearth fire |
| 35% | TKO | 3 | Referee's call in a boxing match: Abbr. |
| 35% | CALL | 4 | Decision from a referee or umpire |
| 35% | SUPERVISE | 9 | To observe or oversee a project |
| 35% | SPLITDECISION | 13 | Outcome of many a boxing match ... or 38- and 36-Down |
| 34% | SET | 3 | Division of a volleyball match ... or a type of pass in volleyball |
| 33% | SETS | 4 | Two or three in a Coco Gauff match |
| 33% | FOURBALL | 8 | In golf, a match for two pairs in which each player uses his or her own ball |
| 33% | RENFAIRE | 8 | Place to eat a turkey leg or watch a jousting match, for short |
| 32% | TKO | 3 | Result of a boxing or MMA match when one fighter can't continue: Abbr. |
| 32% | REIGNS | 6 | Oversees a kingdom |