| 100% | ITISDECIDEDLYSO | 15 | Relative of "Without a doubt" in a Magic 8 Ball |
| 53% | OUTLOOK | 7 | Word in a Magic 8-Ball display |
| 50% | FIFTEEN | 7 | Number of object balls in a game of 8-ball pool |
| 47% | YES | 3 | Shortest response on a Magic 8 Ball |
| 47% | YES | 3 | Shortest answer from a Magic 8 Ball |
| 45% | ANTE | 4 | Relative of a blind, in poker |
| 45% | RELY | 4 | "You may ___ on it" (possible response from a Magic 8 Ball) |
| 45% | RELY | 4 | "You may ___ on it" (one response on a Magic 8 Ball) |
| 45% | RELY | 4 | "You may ___ on it" (positive reply from a Magic 8 Ball) |
| 44% | BACKHAND | 8 | Way of hitting a ball in tennis |
| 44% | BOLA | 4 | One ball of a pair in a weapon |
| 44% | SLUR | 4 | Relative of a tie in music |
| 43% | YARN | 4 | Ball of ___ (something in a knitting basket) |
| 43% | TSA | 3 | Org. that allows you to check, but not carry on, a Magic 8 Ball |
| 42% | FOUL | 4 | Ball hit out of play in a ballpark |
| 42% | MEGABIT | 7 | One of 8,000 in a gigabyte |
| 42% | THREE | 5 | Amount of balls in a tennis can |
| 42% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Without a doubt ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 41% | PUNT | 4 | Get rid of the ball, in a way |
| 41% | THREE | 5 | Number of balls in a tennis can, typically |
| 41% | THESCHOLOMANCE | 14 | Trilogy of novels by 27-Across set in a magic school (2 wds.) |
| 41% | OBELIX | 6 | Gaul who fell in a cauldron of magic potion |
| 41% | STREGANONA | 10 | Owner of a magic pasta pot, in kid lit |
| 40% | HRS | 3 | There are 8,760 of them in a year: Abbr. |
| 40% | COCHONNET | 9 | The target ball or jack in a game of pétanque |
| 40% | MICROBEAD | 9 | One of the little plastic balls in a facial scrub |
| 39% | PLOP | 4 | Sound of a heavy thing falling in water without a splash |
| 39% | SNOWMISER | 9 | Brother of 11-Across in "The Year Without a Santa Claus" |
| 39% | HEATMISER | 9 | Brother of 24-Across in "The Year Without a Santa Claus" |
| 39% | TOPSPIN | 7 | Rotational manipulation of a ball in sports |