| 100% | INTHERE | 7 | Right over the plate, as a pitch |
| 67% | INTHERE | 7 | Pitched right over the plate |
| 51% | STOREWIDE | 9 | Over the entire shop, as a sale |
| 50% | APT | 3 | Right on the money, as a choice |
| 49% | BUYSOUT | 7 | Takes over the assets of, as a partner |
| 48% | SPED | 4 | Went over the limit, as in a car |
| 47% | SKYED | 5 | Kicked way over the goal, as a shot in soccer |
| 47% | SHED | 4 | Leave hair all over the house, as a pet |
| 47% | SEX | 3 | It can be had over the phone or as a group |
| 46% | MIRANDA | 7 | A cop's warning as to the right to silence |
| 44% | DAM | 3 | Structure built over a river, to trap water, as the Hoover |
| 44% | CIRCUMFLEX | 10 | Mark placed over a vowel such as the o in French |
| 42% | WIDE | 4 | Not over the plate |
| 42% | WIDE | 4 | Off, as a pitch |
| 42% | HURL | 4 | Deliver, as a pitch |
| 42% | AWAY | 4 | Outside, as a pitch |
| 41% | TUNED | 5 | Adjusted the pitch of, as a piano |
| 41% | TUNED | 5 | Adjusted the pitch of, as a guitar |
| 41% | FIT | 3 | Be the right size, as a suit |
| 41% | PEPSI | 5 | Drink once pitched as the “Choice of a New Generation” |
| 40% | UMLAUT | 6 | Mark placed over a vowel in German such as the letter u in the name Jürgen |
| 40% | SHE | 3 | The queen as a subject? |
| 40% | GAIA | 4 | The earth as a goddess |
| 40% | LUISTIANT | 9 | Former 27-Across pitcher who appeared as a guest star on the "Now Pitching, Sam Malone" episode of "Cheers" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | FIT | 3 | Be the right size, as a pair of jeans |
| 40% | HEN | 3 | Something that's often right over the clutch |
| 40% | TIGERSLAM | 9 | Winning four consecutive majors over a two-year span, as named for the first to do it |
| 39% | ENAMI | 5 | As a friend, to the French |
| 39% | PLEAT | 5 | Fold the plate over |
| 39% | HEAPSON | 7 | Loads, as a plate |