| 100% | HUSTLER | 7 | The __, Newman is "fast" Eddie, pool player |
| 46% | EIGHTBALL | 9 | Pool player's Saying: Behind the __ |
| 43% | RACE | 4 | Be on the fast track? |
| 42% | QUICKEST | 8 | The one who is the fastest |
| 41% | HUSTLER | 7 | The __, movie with Paul Newman as a pool player |
| 41% | ASLEEP | 6 | To be fast __ is to be dead to the world |
| 40% | MEATLOAF | 8 | Was biker Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| 40% | CHICKEN | 7 | The fried fast food that KFC is known for |
| 40% | LEADOFF | 7 | Be the first baseball player to bat: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ESPOSITO | 8 | Player whose #7 jersey was retired by the Bruins |
| 39% | SNAIL | 5 | The 2013 film Turbo is about an unusually fast one |
| 39% | CEE | 3 | The boy was so fast he ex___ded all expectations |
| 39% | LINEUP | 6 | The order that players are up to bat in baseball |
| 39% | DEEPEND | 7 | Part of the pool where diving is allowed |
| 39% | AGAINST | 7 | Race __ the clock, means time is ticking fast |
| 39% | SEEKER | 6 | Quidditch player whose role is catching the snitch |
| 39% | POCKETS | 7 | There are six on the sides in pool |
| 39% | HUSTLER | 7 | The __, pool player Felson beats Minnesota Fats |
| 39% | WILSON | 6 | Dooley __ was Sam the piano player in Casablanca |
| 39% | XXXXXXX | 7 | Maine college whose players are the Polar Bears |
| 38% | AMA | 3 | The ___teur football player's goal was to become a professional |
| 38% | VET | 3 | Player who's been in the league for a while, informally |
| 38% | YATITTLE | 8 | *QB who was the 1963 Player of the Year |
| 38% | FIELDER | 7 | Baseball player in the side that is not batting |
| 38% | CHEETAH | 7 | This spotty big cat is the fastest land animal |
| 38% | UNO | 3 | Card game whose name is shouted by the players |
| 38% | SARAH | 5 | Fast Eddie's girlfriend in "The Hustler" |
| 38% | RACEHORSE | 9 | Equine competing to be the fastest around a course |
| 38% | TETRIS | 6 | Its players never want to be at the top |
| 38% | LEE | 3 | Pool player Jeanette nicknamed "The Black Widow" |