| 100% | SOFTBALL | 8 | Sport which is a variant of baseball that's played with a larger ball |
| 74% | SLAMBALL | 8 | Sport which is a variant of basketball that's played with trampolines |
| 52% | CRICKET | 7 | Sport that originated in England and is played with a bat and ball between teams of eleven |
| 46% | SOFTBALL | 8 | Form of baseball played with a larger ball |
| 43% | SOFTBALL | 8 | Sport similar to baseball but with a larger ball |
| 42% | LUGE | 4 | Winter Olympic sport which is also a small one or two person sled that rhymes with "huge" and was first played in the 1870s |
| 42% | BADMINTON | 9 | Sport that's played with a shuttlecock |
| 41% | TENPINBOWLING | 13 | Popular sport played with a ball that has three holes and whose history has been traced back to the Egyptians living in 3200 BCE: 3 wds. |
| 40% | HOCKEY | 6 | Winter Olympic sport Ice ___ which is a contact team sport played with sticks |
| 39% | LUCY | 4 | "___ in the Sky with Diamonds," 1967 song by The Beatles which was inspired by a drawing that Lennon's son made of his classmate |
| 37% | CHEETAH | 7 | Large cat which is the fastest animal in the world that can reach a speed of 70 mph |
| 37% | NUT | 3 | Reggie Jackson was one of these in 1966 when he played Class A ball with Modesto |
| 37% | REEL | 4 | Highlight ___, compilation of best plays from the season or game which is a popular break-time sight in most stadium sports |
| 37% | SKYE | 4 | Large Scottish isle that is often poetically called "Eilean a' Cheo" which is Gaelic for "Island of the Mist" |
| 36% | ASHE | 4 | ___ Stadium, venue with a cushioned acrylic surface that is the largest of its type in the world |
| 36% | MATTERS | 7 | "All That ___," Christina Perri's 2015 song which was a part of the Broadway musical "Finding Neverland" |
| 36% | RULES | 5 | Let's start our world tour with Australia! Tune in to a game of Australian ___ football, contact sport that is extremely popular in Australia (1/3) |
| 36% | CANTSTOP | 8 | A song by 31-Across co-written by Frusciante, which is one of the songs that the band play live the most: 2 wds. |
| 36% | GLOCKENSPIEL | 12 | Musical instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal plates that are played with a pair of small hammers |
| 36% | BAULK | 5 | In croquet, either of the two lines from which a ball is struck into play |
| 35% | FENCING | 7 | A sport which is part of the Olympic events |
| 35% | ARCHERY | 7 | A sport which is part of the Olympic events |
| 35% | SAILING | 7 | A sport which is part of the Olympic events |
| 35% | YARN | 4 | A cat might play with a ball of it |
| 35% | YARN | 4 | A kitten might play with a ball of it |
| 35% | SWAN | 4 | With 36-Across, Tchaikovsky ballet that was a highlight of 18- and 46-Across's long professional partnership |
| 35% | PAWED | 5 | Played with, as a ball of yarn |
| 35% | PAWEDAT | 7 | Played with, as a ball of yarn |
| 35% | LEMUR | 5 | Primate with large eyes and a long tail that is endemic to the island of Madagascar |
| 35% | MASHAM | 6 | Small market town in North Yorkshire after which a breed of large sheep with a black-and-white face is named |