100% | CROUCHING | 9 | Squatting down in an attempt to hide |
50% | BISMARCKND | 10 | Midwest city named in an attempt to attract German settlers |
49% | MSG | 3 | Additive synthesized in an attempt to replicate the taste of kombu: abbr. |
46% | NEG | 3 | Put down in a misguided attempt to attract |
43% | BADMINTON | 9 | Sport played with a shuttlecock where players hit it back and forth in an attempt to make the other side miss |
42% | BOWLS | 5 | Tries to knock pins down in an alley |
40% | COMBOVER | 8 | Attempt to hide a bald spot |
40% | SHOT | 4 | An attempt to score ina game |
39% | POWERGRAB | 9 | An attempt to take control: 2 wds. |
39% | FISHLADDER | 10 | Structure that creates a path for upstream migration, and a hint to hidden words in four long Down answers |
39% | SNOW | 4 | What comes down in an avalanche |
39% | JUICEUP | 7 | Supercharge, and a hint to what's literally hiding in the four longest Down answers |
38% | CLUB | 4 | Aim, whirl, and toss your attempt to guess this golfer's tool which is thrown in an athletic throwing event |
38% | SLIDINGSHOT | 11 | Attempt to score in hockey? |
38% | SHOOT | 5 | Attempt to score in basketball |
38% | TRY | 3 | Attempt to score in rugby |
38% | TRENDY | 6 | Attempt to take conclusion in |
38% | SHOTS | 5 | Attempts to score, in hockey |
37% | FIREESCAPE | 10 | Apartment building's way down in an emergency |
37% | FRIENDREQUEST | 13 | Attempt to establish an online connection |
37% | NAMEDROP | 8 | Attempt to impress, as in conversation |
37% | NAMEDROP | 8 | Attempt to impress, in a way |
37% | STIR | 4 | Attempt to cool, in a way |
37% | TACKLING | 8 | In sport, taking down an opponent to stop the ball |
37% | DOWNPLAY | 8 | Attempt to minimize an issue's importance |
36% | DRAGBUNTS | 9 | *They're made in an attempt at a base hit |
36% | SPIN | 4 | Attempt to control the narrative, in a way |
36% | SIMP | 4 | Person who's overly nice to someone in an attempt to woo them, in slang |
36% | LAS | 3 | Article in an 8 Down magazine |
36% | EARTHED | 7 | Drove to hiding in the ground |