| 100% | SETPOINT | 8 | Score of 5-4, 40-15, say |
| 50% | TIE | 3 | Score of 5-5, for example |
| 47% | BIRDIE | 6 | Golf score of 5-Down under par |
| 47% | APTEST | 6 | Exam with a max score of 5 |
| 47% | ROUT | 4 | Score of 100-0, say |
| 46% | MEH | 3 | A solid 4.5 out of 10, say |
| 46% | KEG | 3 | Container that holds 15.5 gallons of, say, Budweiser |
| 45% | HATE | 4 | Give 1 out of 5 stars, say |
| 45% | EVENPAR | 7 | Golf score of 72, say |
| 45% | DEUCE | 5 | Tennis score of 40 all |
| 45% | OKAY | 4 | 3 out of 5, say |
| 45% | CANASTA | 7 | Card game with a winning score of 5,000 points |
| 45% | NIL | 3 | Score of zero in a game, say |
| 44% | ROUT | 4 | Football score of 60-0, say |
| 44% | DEUCE | 5 | Score of 40-40 in a game of tennis |
| 44% | BIRDIE | 6 | Score of 3 on a par 4, e.g. |
| 43% | DOSE | 4 | 5 milliliters of medicine, say |
| 43% | TEEN | 4 | Of age 14 or 15, say |
| 42% | DOUBLETOP | 9 | Another name for a score of 40 in darts |
| 41% | LATIN | 5 | Language of 15-Across 4-Down |
| 40% | AVENGE | 6 | Settle the score, say (anagram of "geneva") |
| 40% | DOUBLE | 6 | & 18A Score of 40 with one arrow in the game of darts |
| 39% | TINY | 4 | Opposite of 1-, 4- and 5-Across |
| 39% | OHAWISEGUYEH | 12 | Catchphrase of Moe from the 40-Across: 5 wds. |
| 39% | THE | 3 | With 4- and 5-Across, opposite of fantasy land |
| 38% | ADVANTAGE | 9 | Next score after 40-40 in a game of tennis |
| 38% | APTEST | 6 | Exam scored on a scale of 1 to 5, informally |
| 37% | ATBATS | 6 | The 4 of a 2-for-4 line in baseball, say |
| 36% | PAR | 3 | It's usually 3, 4, or 5 for a hole of golf |