| 100% | PENALTY | 7 | Result of a foul in the box, in soccer |
| 71% | FREEKICK | 8 | Result of a foul in soccer (2 wds.) |
| 61% | FATLIP | 6 | Result of a punch in the mouth |
| 61% | SHINER | 6 | Result of a sock in the eye |
| 61% | FAMINE | 6 | Result of a failure in the monsoons, perhaps |
| 60% | CARDS | 5 | Results of some fouls in soccer |
| 59% | KAYO | 4 | Result of a ten-count in boxing |
| 55% | TOILETRAINING | 13 | Result of a plumbing disaster in the apartment above? |
| 55% | OWNGOAL | 7 | Possible result of a defensive error in soccer |
| 52% | ANGUS | 5 | Beef variety ridiculed in a series of Jack in the Box ads |
| 52% | TIEBREAK | 8 | In tennis, a method of deciding the result of a game drawn at six-all |
| 51% | BABYTOY | 7 | A set of blocks . . . or the box they came in, perhaps |
| 51% | GOAL | 4 | One of the three in a hat-trick in soccer |
| 50% | RING | 4 | Bell ___, loud chiming sound that signals the start or end of a round in boxing |
| 50% | TKO | 3 | It may result in abrupt ending of a boxing match: Abbr. |
| 50% | SPAVIN | 6 | Enlargement of the hock of a horse often resulting in lameness |
| 49% | MOM | 3 | Soccer ___, ADS Word of the Year in 1996 which is a type of suburban parent |
| 49% | LEG | 3 | Limb with which you would kick the ball in a game of soccer |
| 49% | RESTART | 7 | Result of a racer jumping the gun |
| 49% | WHISKERYBOTTLE | 14 | Result of a cat hitting the sauce? |
| 49% | PEEL | 4 | Result of a day at the beach? |
| 49% | SHINER | 6 | Result of a hit to the eye |
| 49% | SEVENSEAS | 9 | Result of connecting the circled letters in a certain way, in a punny manner of speaking |
| 48% | BRETTON | 7 | & 25A Venue in New Hampshire, US, of a 1944 conference that resulted in the establishment of the World Bank |
| 48% | BASESLOADED | 11 | *Result of a lot of drinking in the army? |
| 48% | ONEON | 5 | Result of a hit by the leadoff batter |
| 48% | TINNITUS | 8 | The sensation of a ringing in the ears |
| 48% | LOSS | 4 | Result of a sack, in football |
| 48% | FATLIP | 6 | Result of a punch to the mouth: 2 wds. |