| 100% | KICKBALL | 8 | This game has elements of baseball and soccer |
| 45% | MODES | 5 | This game has various ______ of difficulty |
| 39% | FEATHER | 7 | Element of plumage … and a feature shared by every answer crossing this one |
| 38% | ECLECTIC | 8 | Having a little of this and a little of that |
| 38% | CARBON | 6 | Diamond and charcoal are forms of this element |
| 38% | CHANCE | 6 | Dice and roulette are these kind of games |
| 37% | AWAY | 4 | About half of all baseball, basketball, and hockey games |
| 37% | OUTS | 4 | A baseball team typically gets 27 of these per game |
| 37% | FOLIC | 5 | Legumes and asparagus have a concentrated amount of this acid |
| 36% | CAROLINA | 8 | The US has a North and South version of this state |
| 36% | GENRE | 5 | Mixing thematic elements and tropes … or a feature of this puzzle? |
| 36% | HYPEFEET | 8 | MC Hammer has a "mind to rhyme" and two of these |
| 36% | DANDD | 5 | Seminal role-playing game familiarly, and the theme of this puzzle |
| 36% | KINGDOMS | 8 | China had three of these, Wei, Shu and Wu |
| 36% | POKER | 5 | Identify this game by its pieces! Deck of cards, chips, dealer button, and an optional timer |
| 36% | APPLESTOAPPLES | 14 | Game whose cards have images of red and green fruit |
| 35% | MONOPOLY | 8 | Game whose tokens have included the starts of 16-, 20-, 26-, 49- and 55-Across |
| 35% | ALLBROKENUP | 11 | Emotionally crushed, and an apt description of the circled elements in this puzzle? |
| 35% | ICEBREAKER | 10 | Get-to-know-you game, and a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | THUMBS | 6 | Hands usually have eight fingers, and two of these |
| 35% | ECLECTIC | 8 | Like a style that has a little of this and a little of that |
| 35% | SEAMS | 5 | Parts of baseballs and mines |
| 34% | MOM | 3 | Partner of baseball and apple pie |
| 34% | TTOPS | 5 | Features of some sports cars, and what this puzzle's four longest answers have in common |
| 33% | TONES | 5 | Elements of sounds and colors |
| 33% | SILENTES | 8 | Elements of love and hate |
| 33% | MONTPELIER | 10 | This US State Capital has the smallest population of them all and doesn't even have a McDonald's |
| 33% | BOSSABALL | 9 | Team sport combining elements of volleyball, soccer, and gymnastics played in Brazil and Spain amongst other countries |
| 33% | ALANTRAMMELL | 12 | Detroit Tigers shortstop and manager being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend: 2 wds. |
| 33% | PAWS | 4 | Cats and dogs usually have four of these |