| 100% | PIN | 3 | Something that gets hit by a bowling ball |
| 60% | HEADPIN | 7 | First thing usually hit by a bowling ball |
| 56% | DODGING | 7 | Avoiding getting hit by a ball |
| 53% | SNARE | 5 | One that gets hit on by a drummer? |
| 47% | PIN | 3 | Item toppled by a bowling ball |
| 46% | PIN | 3 | Item knocked over by a bowling ball |
| 43% | KEY | 3 | Something that gets pressed on a typewriter |
| 43% | MEME | 4 | Something that gets passed around a lot |
| 43% | POSE | 4 | Something that's struck by a model |
| 43% | WISH | 4 | Something that's granted by a genie |
| 43% | PIN | 3 | Something a bowling ball knocks down |
| 42% | NAIL | 4 | Fastener that gets hit with a hammer |
| 42% | GERM | 4 | Something that might be killed by a disinfectant |
| 41% | ETD | 3 | Something that may be delayed by a storm: Abbr. |
| 41% | ANTHEM | 6 | Something that might get a rise out of people? |
| 41% | NATURAL | 7 | Something that occurs or grows by itself, like a rainforest |
| 40% | IRON | 4 | Monopoly token that got replaced by a cat |
| 40% | FROG | 4 | Animal that gets kissed by a princess in a fairy tale |
| 40% | PINS | 4 | Items that a bowling ball knocks down |
| 40% | THINKIMINLOVE | 13 | 1982 Top 20 hit by 43-Across with the lyrics "Oh, something's got a hold of me now / It's a feeling, burnin' up ... " (4 wds.) |
| 40% | BLAME | 5 | Something gotten by a scapegoat |
| 39% | GROIN | 5 | What gets hit by a football in "Man Getting Hit by Football" in a classic episode of "The Simpsons" |
| 39% | XXXX | 4 | Like a ball that hits the batter |
| 38% | SNORE | 5 | Risk getting hit with a pillow by one's spouse |
| 38% | EGG | 3 | Something that's gone bad if it floats when placed in a bowl of water |
| 38% | SKYCAM | 6 | Device suspended by a cable that gets aerial views at a sporting event |
| 38% | NERF | 4 | A kind of gun made by Hasbro, that shoots spongy balls |
| 37% | OUT | 3 | "School's ___," 1972 hit by Alice Cooper that was featured in a Staples commercial |
| 37% | PTA | 3 | Grp. that might get a talking-to by the principal |
| 37% | ZAP | 3 | Sound when a cartoon gets hit by lightning |