| 100% | KAYO | 4 | Result of a ten-count in boxing |
| 69% | PENALTY | 7 | Result of a foul in the box, in soccer |
| 58% | FATLIP | 6 | Result of a punch in the mouth |
| 58% | SHINER | 6 | Result of a sock in the eye |
| 57% | LOSS | 4 | Result of a sack, in football |
| 57% | FAMINE | 6 | Result of a failure in the monsoons, perhaps |
| 57% | FREEKICK | 8 | Result of a foul in soccer (2 wds.) |
| 57% | PRDISASTER | 10 | Result of a scandal going viral, in brief |
| 57% | PAR | 3 | Result of a sand save, in golf |
| 56% | TKO | 3 | Result of a one-sided boxing match, for short |
| 56% | RBI | 3 | Result of a sac fly in softball |
| 55% | RBI | 3 | Result of a successful suicide squeeze play, in baseball: Abbr. |
| 55% | ARM | 3 | Result of a bad guess in Hangman, say |
| 55% | ENNUI | 5 | Result of being in a rut |
| 55% | TANLINES | 8 | Results of sunbathing in a swimsuit |
| 55% | POSEIDON | 8 | Cause of a ten-year delay in the Odyssey |
| 55% | TOILETRAINING | 13 | Result of a plumbing disaster in the apartment above? |
| 54% | GREATWHITESHOCK | 15 | Result of wires down in a blizzard? |
| 54% | TAN | 3 | Result of some time in a bed? |
| 54% | ATHLETESFOOT | 12 | Result of carelessness in a locker room? |
| 54% | BOOT | 4 | Result of a parking violation ... as illustrated four times in this puzzle? |
| 54% | TIE | 3 | Result of a double KO in a fighting game, perhaps |
| 54% | FIRSTDOWN | 9 | Result of a completed pass in football, perhaps: 2 wds. |
| 54% | TEN | 3 | End of a boxing knockout count |
| 53% | RATE | 4 | Count, in a manner of speaking |
| 53% | SONG | 4 | Result of using one's voice, in a way |
| 53% | ONE | 3 | Beginning of a boxing referee's count |
| 53% | TKO | 3 | Result of a boxing or MMA match when one fighter can't continue: Abbr. |
| 52% | HAZYSTACKS | 10 | Result of setting off a smoke bomb in a library? |
| 52% | JAB | 3 | Half of a one-two punch in boxing |