| 100% | POLO | 4 | Response to "Marco!" from kids splashing in the pool |
| 51% | POLO | 4 | Response to "Marco!" in a swimming pool |
| 50% | YESDEAR | 7 | Possible response to "Can you pick up the kids from school?" |
| 50% | POLO | 4 | Response to "Marco!" in a pool game |
| 49% | POLO | 4 | Response to "Marco!" in a swimming pool game |
| 43% | OOF | 3 | Response to a punch in the stomach |
| 43% | OOF | 3 | Response to a punch in the gut |
| 43% | SOON | 4 | Response to the question in 38-Across |
| 43% | OOF | 3 | Response to a real kick in the pants |
| 43% | IHEARIT | 7 | Response to something going bump in the night |
| 42% | OOF | 3 | Response to a punch in the gut, in comics |
| 42% | DRESSED | 7 | In the morning, kids are told to go get __ |
| 42% | ICK | 3 | Response to a relic from the back of the fridge |
| 42% | TOSSIT | 6 | Response to somebody holding up moldy food from the fridge |
| 41% | SOLID | 5 | Like the pool balls from 1 to 8 |
| 41% | OOF | 3 | Audible response to a punch in the gut |
| 41% | CABANA | 6 | Place to change for a dip in the pool |
| 41% | IDID | 4 | Possible response to "Who left dishes in the sink?" |
| 41% | ALLERGY | 7 | Sneezing in the spring is from an __ to pollen |
| 40% | YET | 3 | "Are we there ___?" (question from kids in the back seat) |
| 40% | CUE | 3 | The stick used to hit balls in pool |
| 40% | HEAD | 4 | The first blank in this phrase: From ___ to ___ |
| 40% | TOE | 3 | The second blank in this phrase: From ___ to ___ |
| 40% | BETHESDA | 8 | In the New Testament, a pool in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powers |
| 40% | OOF | 3 | Comic strip character's response to a punch in the gut |
| 40% | CRAB | 4 | Soft-shell ___ (seafood available in the US from April to September) |
| 40% | ORRIN | 5 | First name in the senate from 1977 to earlier this month |
| 39% | CHALET | 6 | Place to come in from the cold |
| 39% | SCHOOL | 6 | In some places, the kids go back to __ in autumn |
| 39% | PARENTSTRIKE | 12 | Walkout in response to unruly kids? |