| 100% | PLAYAREA | 8 | Site of swings and a sandbox |
| 100% | PLAYAREAS | 9 | Sites of swings and a sandbox |
| 56% | EAR | 3 | Site of a helix and antihelix |
| 55% | SIOUXCITY | 9 | Site of a Lewis and Clark stop, 1804 |
| 53% | YALTA | 5 | Site of a 1945 meeting of Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt |
| 51% | SOUTHPOLE | 9 | Site of a placard bearing the names Robert F. Scott and Roald Amundsen |
| 50% | LASCAUX | 7 | Site of a complex of caves in Dordogne, France, containing Palaeolithic wall drawings and paintings |
| 49% | SASHAY | 6 | Walk with a swing of the hips and shoulders |
| 49% | ATTICA | 6 | Site of a 1971 uprising of incarcerated people who were rallying for better conditions and rights |
| 49% | ALAMO | 5 | The —, mission in San Antonio, Texas; site of a siege and massacre in 1836 |
| 48% | MISS | 4 | Swing and a ____ |
| 48% | CARDIFF | 7 | Capital of Wales and site of a castle |
| 48% | WHIFF | 5 | Swing and a miss |
| 48% | STRIKE | 6 | Swing and a miss |
| 47% | POLTAVA | 7 | City in Ukraine on the Vorskla River; site of a 1709 battle between Russia and Sweden |
| 47% | CENTERCOURT | 11 | Site of a tennis focus match ... and a hint to what's hidden in 16-, 30- and 45-Across? |
| 47% | IOWA | 4 | Site of a Democratic caucus dogged by delays and a buggy mobile app developed by Shadow, Inc. (February, 2020) |
| 46% | OKA | 3 | Site of a 78 day, 1990 armed standoff in Quebec between the Mohawk First Nation and the Government of Quebec |
| 46% | GLENCOE | 7 | Site in Scotland of a 1692 massacre of the MacDonalds by the Campbells and English troops |
| 45% | KICKSTARTER | 11 | Crowdfunding site ... or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 30- and 46-Across |
| 45% | MISS | 4 | "A swing and a ___" |
| 45% | STRIKE | 6 | Swing and a miss, at a baseball game |
| 45% | PLAYSET | 7 | Two swings and a slide, maybe |
| 45% | PORCHES | 7 | Sites of some swings |
| 45% | MISS | 4 | A swing and a ___ |
| 44% | REEF | 4 | Site of a wreck |
| 44% | EAR | 3 | Site of a piercing |
| 44% | DOOR | 4 | Site of a peephole |
| 44% | POOLTABLE | 9 | Site of a break |
| 44% | MAP | 3 | Site of a legend |