| 100% | MAGICIANS | 9 | They perform card tricks and create illusions |
| 38% | MAGIC | 5 | Entertainment with card tricks and disappearing acts |
| 37% | MAGICIAN | 8 | Conjurer, performer of tricks and illusions |
| 36% | CLOSEUPMAGIC | 12 | Card tricks performed at a table, e.g. |
| 35% | MAGICACT | 8 | Performance featuring many tricks and illusions (2 wds.) |
| 35% | RODEOS | 6 | They feature clowns and rope tricks |
| 34% | ECARTE | 6 | Trick-taking card game; anagram of create |
| 33% | SILENTES | 8 | They create soft c's and g's |
| 32% | CLUBS | 5 | They're found in decks of cards and golf bags |
| 32% | KERMIT | 6 | Green muppet created and performed by Jim Henson |
| 31% | LEVITATINGMAN | 13 | Magic trick performed at 15-, 16- and 17-Down |
| 31% | LINKINGRINGS | 12 | Magic trick performed at 119-Across and 104-Down |
| 31% | ARTS | 4 | They come in visual and performing varieties |
| 30% | SAWINGALADYINHALF | 17 | Magic trick performed at 123- and 124-Across |
| 29% | PITT | 4 | Card-___, team created by a temporary merger and now known as the Arizona Cardinals |
| 29% | MAGICIAN | 8 | Master of illusions, card tricks, hand sleights |
| 29% | MAGIC | 5 | ___: The Gathering, collectible and trading card game created by Richard Garfield in 1993 |
| 29% | ACTORS | 6 | They perform |
| 28% | HAMS | 4 | They perform poorly |
| 27% | KING | 4 | Zach ___, Instagram and YouTube mega-influencer who is known for his illusion-based video tricks |
| 27% | MAGIC | 5 | Card tricks, e.g. |
| 27% | MAGIC | 5 | Card tricks, disappearing acts, etc. |
| 27% | EARS | 4 | They perform a balancing act |
| 26% | COINMAGIC | 9 | Cousin of card tricks |
| 26% | LIFE | 4 | "___ is Strange," interactive video game that follows a photography student's choices and the butterfly effect they create |
| 25% | OPART | 5 | Visual works that create illusions |
| 25% | CHEAP | 5 | Word with tricks and thrills |
| 25% | CONJURE | 7 | Perform magic tricks |
| 25% | MUTAGENS | 8 | They create changes |
| 25% | CONJURED | 8 | Performed magic tricks |