| 100% | OTHERHALF | 9 | The ol' ball and chain |
| 63% | BURDEN | 6 | Ball and chain, say |
| 60% | MACE | 4 | Old ball and chain? |
| 52% | ARENAS | 6 | Ball in Denver and the like |
| 50% | BOLAS | 5 | Weapon made of two balls and a cord or chain |
| 50% | OOLA | 4 | Twi'lek dancer enslaved and chained by Jabba the Hutt |
| 50% | ALEUTIANS | 9 | Chain owned by Russia and the U.S. |
| 49% | SEL | 3 | Like some roller chains and ball bearings |
| 49% | BLING | 5 | Rappers' big gold chains and the like |
| 48% | PFCHANGS | 8 | Chain serving Dynamite Shrimp and the Great Wall of Chocolate |
| 48% | LIEGE | 5 | Top and bottom of the feudal food chain |
| 47% | WAWA | 4 | Chain of convenience stores and gas stations along the East Coast |
| 47% | GNC | 3 | Vitamin and supplement chain with the slogan "Live well" |
| 47% | FLEETWOOD | 9 | __ Mac, rock band known for Dreams and The Chain |
| 45% | PEP | 3 | ___ Boys (car repair chain with the mascots Manny, Moe, and Jack) |
| 45% | RAPINOE | 7 | Megan ___, winner of the 2019 Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards |
| 44% | SOX | 3 | Word in the names of pro ball clubs in Chicago and Boston |
| 44% | UNRIG | 5 | Remove the ropes and chains from a ship |
| 43% | MAN | 3 | "Vegetable ___," Pink Floyd song that was covered by The Jesus and Mary Chain |
| 43% | BELLE | 5 | ___ of the ball, beauty at a social event and a homophone of "bell" |
| 43% | FETCH | 5 | "Go get the ball and bring it back, doggie!" |
| 43% | SEGA | 4 | Video game company that produced the Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Monkey Ball franchises |
| 42% | SHOTPUT | 7 | Track and field event in which the athlete hurls a metal ball: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ASTRO | 5 | Member of a ball club caught stealing signs during the 2017 and '18 seasons |
| 42% | LOCO | 4 | El Pollo __: chain in the U.S. and Mexico |
| 42% | BAT | 3 | Baseball equipment, and a verb that means "to take the role of hitting the ball" |
| 42% | BUCK | 4 | Peter ___, American physicist, restaurateur, and philanthropist who co-founded the Subway fast food restaurant chain |
| 41% | BACKHANDEDCOMPLIMENTS | 21 | "For a righty, you hit the ball pretty well on your left side," and others? |
| 41% | POOL | 4 | Ball and cue game |
| 41% | UMP | 3 | Balls and strikes caller |