| 100% | TREYS | 5 | Shots from behind the arc, casually |
| 82% | TREYS | 5 | Shots from behind the arc |
| 81% | TREY | 4 | Shot from behind the arc, informally |
| 63% | TREY | 4 | Basket made from behind the arc |
| 58% | THREES | 6 | Basketball shots from beyond the arc |
| 47% | TOOTAT | 6 | Greet from behind the wheel |
| 46% | NEXT | 4 | Call from behind the deli counter |
| 46% | POTOMAC | 7 | View from behind the Lincoln Memorial |
| 46% | DART | 4 | Missile thrown from behind the oche |
| 46% | ESPRESSOS | 9 | Shots from the grounds? |
| 46% | DRIVE | 5 | Shot from the tee |
| 46% | CHIP | 4 | Shot from the apron |
| 45% | THREES | 6 | Behind-the-arc shots, informally |
| 45% | CHIP | 4 | Shot from the apron, often |
| 45% | CHIP | 4 | Shot from the apron, usually |
| 45% | FTS | 3 | Shots from the foul line: Abbr. |
| 45% | FTS | 3 | Shots from the “charity stripe”: Abbr. |
| 42% | SNIPED | 6 | Shot (at) from the sidelines |
| 41% | CLEO | 4 | Queen from the Ptolemaic dynasty, casually |
| 41% | BACKLIT | 7 | Where the light in a shot comes from behind |
| 41% | FTS | 3 | One-point basketball shots from the foul line: Abbr. |
| 40% | NOM | 3 | Acknowledgment from the Academy, casually |
| 39% | REARENDED | 9 | Hit from behind ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 39% | TREYS | 5 | Baskets made from beyond the arc, informally |
| 38% | ELKE | 4 | Actress ___ Sommer from "A Shot in the Dark" |
| 37% | TWOS | 4 | Basketball shots inside the arc |
| 37% | LOB | 3 | High, arcing shot from Serena Williams |
| 37% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish music group behind the song "Happy New Year" from the album "Super Trouper" |
| 36% | THREE | 5 | ___-point field goal, basketball shot made from beyond the arc surrounding the basket |
| 35% | RUES | 4 | Ones coming from the Arc de Triomphe? |