| 100% | ARAT | 4 | Smell ___ (suspect foul play): 2 wds. |
| 87% | ARAT | 4 | Smell ___ (detect foul play): 2 wds. |
| 62% | ARAT | 4 | Smell — (suspect foul play) |
| 61% | SMELLARAT | 9 | Suspect foul play |
| 57% | LOSALAMOS | 9 | "___: A Whistleblower's Diary," book by Chuck Montano about foul play at a nuclear R&D site: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ARAT | 4 | Smell ___ (suspect): 2 wds. |
| 55% | ARAT | 4 | Smell ___ (suspect something fishy): 2 wds. |
| 52% | ASYOU | 5 | "___ Like It": 2 wds. (Shakespeare play) |
| 50% | ARAT | 4 | "I smell ___!" (suspect trickery): 2 wds. |
| 50% | ACTII | 5 | Finale of many plays: 2 wds. |
| 49% | PUTON | 5 | Stage, as a play: 2 wds. |
| 49% | CUTCLASS | 8 | Play hooky: 2 wds. |
| 48% | HITIT | 5 | Bandleader's "Start playing!": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ARAT | 4 | "I smell ___!" (suspect something wrong): 2 wds. |
| 46% | ACTI | 4 | Opening part of a play: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ACTI | 4 | First part of a play: 2 wds. |
| 46% | FIRSTBASEMAN | 12 | Position that Steve Pearce plays: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SETUP | 5 | Play matchmaker for: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JANETENNISON | 12 | "Prime Suspect" London detective played by Helen Mirren (2 wds.) |
| 45% | GETSWET | 7 | Plays in the rain: 2 wds. |
| 44% | HITIT | 5 | Bandleader's command to start playing: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ITON | 4 | "Play ___ loop": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ONCUE | 5 | Perfectly timed, as in a play: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ENDRUN | 6 | Evasive play in football: 2 wds. |
| 43% | RECROOM | 7 | Place to play games: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ENDRUN | 6 | Evasive tactic named for a football play: 2 wds. |
| 42% | DALLASCOWBOYS | 13 | Team for which 18-Across plays: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ARAT | 4 | Smell ___ (be suspicious): 2 wds. |
| 42% | ARAT | 4 | "Smell ___" (be suspicious): 2 wds. |
| 42% | GOODGAME | 8 | "You played well!": 2 wds. |