| 100% | COCHONNET | 9 | The target ball or jack in a game of pétanque |
| 55% | END | 3 | Period or inning in the ball game of Petanque |
| 48% | STAKE | 5 | Target in a game of horseshoes |
| 47% | PEG | 3 | Target in a game of ring toss |
| 47% | CUP | 3 | Target in a game of Beer Pong |
| 47% | BOULE | 5 | Ball in the game of pétanque |
| 47% | BIAS | 4 | In the game of bowls, a bulge or weight inside one side of a bowl |
| 46% | LEAPT | 5 | Navigated furniture in a game of the floor is lava, say |
| 46% | NINE | 4 | Target ball in a pool game |
| 45% | PEG | 3 | Wooden target in a game of ringtoss |
| 45% | QUOITS | 6 | Game in which rings of metal or rope are tossed at a stake in the ground |
| 45% | PAWN | 4 | The first piece usually moved in a game of chess |
| 45% | FACECARD | 8 | King, queen or jack in a deck of 52 |
| 45% | EIGHTBALL | 9 | The black sphere in a game of pool |
| 45% | SERVE | 5 | The starting hit in a game of tennis |
| 44% | LEG | 3 | Limb with which you would kick the ball in a game of soccer |
| 44% | REEL | 4 | Highlight ___, compilation of best plays from the season or game which is a popular break-time sight in most stadium sports |
| 43% | INCLEMENT | 9 | Extreme or severe in a description of the weather |
| 43% | BIAS | 4 | Bulge or weight inside one side of a bowl in the game of bowls |
| 43% | COLD | 4 | Nowhere near the target, in a children's guessing game |
| 43% | MSPACMAN | 8 | Female protagonist in a video game of the same name |
| 42% | NEBULOUS | 8 | In the form of a haze or cloud |
| 42% | BOGGLE | 6 | Flummox ... or a classic word game represented by the central grid of shaded squares, in which 15-, 17- and 55-Across can be found |
| 42% | HEDGEHOGS | 9 | The balls in the Queen of Hearts' croquet game |
| 42% | BULLSEYE | 8 | The central area of a dartboard or archery target |
| 42% | NOB | 3 | In cribbage, the jack of a suit turned up |
| 42% | GUESSING | 8 | Much of the activity in a game of charades |
| 42% | DDT | 3 | Target of a 1972 ban in the U.S. |
| 42% | OPEN | 4 | Make the first bid in a game of bridge |
| 42% | EDITOR | 6 | The person in charge of a newspaper or magazine |