| 100% | ANTED | 5 | Showed interest in playing |
| 70% | ASKABOUT | 8 | Show interest in |
| 66% | HITON | 5 | Showed interest in, as at a bar |
| 66% | LISTENED | 8 | Showed interest, in a way |
| 64% | ANTE | 4 | It can show interest in a deal |
| 61% | IVANA | 5 | One who's only interested in playing in no-Trump? |
| 58% | OGLED | 5 | Showed obvious interest in |
| 58% | STAR | 4 | Play the lead in a show |
| 57% | SATUP | 5 | Showed sudden interest, in a way |
| 56% | ASKAFTER | 8 | Show polite interest in, say |
| 55% | FLIRTWITH | 9 | Show superficial interest in (2 wds.) |
| 55% | SLOWMOTION | 10 | What some plays are shown in |
| 54% | PICKAT | 6 | Show little interest in, as a meal |
| 54% | FIENNES | 7 | He played Van Doren in "Quiz Show" |
| 54% | MUMMERS | 7 | Actors in folk plays or mime shows |
| 54% | ROLE | 4 | Part in a play or TV show |
| 54% | ASHTON | 6 | He played Michael in "That '70s Show" |
| 53% | PICKAT | 6 | Show little interest in, as one's dinner |
| 53% | ACT | 3 | Have a role to play in a show |
| 53% | LIZZIE | 6 | Hilary Duff played this McGuire in Disney show |
| 53% | MADMEN | 6 | Jon Hamm played Don Draper in this show |
| 52% | RADIODIAL | 9 | Faceplate showing what station is playing in a car |
| 52% | SORBO | 5 | Kevin who played Hercules in a 1990s TV show |
| 52% | SNL | 3 | NBC show in which Kate McKinnon played Colleen Rafferty |
| 51% | GODOT | 5 | Character in a Samuel Beckett play who never shows up |
| 51% | CSI | 3 | CBS show in which Marg Helgenberger played a forensic investigator |
| 51% | GAGA | 4 | Lady who played the Super Bowl halftime show in 2017 |
| 51% | TOMELLIS | 8 | Actor who plays Lucifer in TV show of same name |
| 51% | OPIE | 4 | Character played by Ron Howard in "The Andy Griffith Show" |
| 51% | ATOM | 4 | Tiny superhero played by Brandon Routh in the Arrowverse shows |