| 100% | OUTS | 4 | The triple of a triple play |
| 79% | OUTS | 4 | The triple in a triple play |
| 75% | OUTS | 4 | The double of a double play |
| 71% | ROMEO | 5 | Boy in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 70% | OUTS | 4 | The double of a baseball double play |
| 69% | CURTAIN | 7 | __ call, final bow at the end of a stage play |
| 69% | REENACT | 7 | Play out the actions of a historical event |
| 68% | OUT | 3 | One of three in a triple play |
| 68% | PLAYBILL | 8 | Brochure announcing the cast of a play |
| 68% | INTERLUDE | 9 | Pause between the acts of a play |
| 68% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 67% | HEATEXHAUSTION | 14 | What Miami players experience at the end of a triple overtime game? |
| 66% | ACTOR | 5 | Member of the cast of a movie or play |
| 66% | BAGPIPES | 8 | Scottish instrument played at the end of a wedding |
| 66% | CLASHING | 8 | The __ of cymbals as a band plays |
| 66% | TASSO | 5 | Italian poet who was the subject of a Goethe play and a Donizetti opera |
| 65% | SCRIPT | 6 | The written text of a play or movie |
| 64% | SNAP | 4 | Start of a play to the quarterback |
| 63% | SALESMAN | 8 | Arthur Miller wrote the play Death of a __ |
| 62% | STRUM | 5 | Play with a sweep of the hand |
| 62% | OSLO | 4 | 2017 Tony-winning play whose title is also the name of a Norwegian city |
| 61% | CLUTCH | 6 | Like a winning play in the final seconds of overtime |
| 61% | LONE | 4 | Movie where Johnny Depp played the role of a Native American named Tonto, "The ___ Ranger" |
| 61% | OUTFIELD | 8 | Area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting first, second and third bases |
| 61% | OSBOURNE | 8 | Rocker with the 1981 triple-platinum album "Diary of a Madman" |
| 60% | FREDANDREWS | 11 | A "Riverdale" character who is the father of 31a, played by actor Luke Perry: 2 wds |
| 60% | YOUGOTSERVED | 12 | 2004 drama film in which Marques Houston plays the leader of a dance crew: 3 wds. |
| 60% | ELECTRA | 7 | Sophocles play that's also the last name of a famous actress |
| 60% | DOWNSTAGE | 9 | The front end of the performance area for a play |
| 60% | FOURTH | 6 | Born on the __ of July, Cruise plays a Vietnam vet |