| 100% | BATTERUP | 8 | Umpire's "Let's play ball!" shout: 2 wds. |
| 76% | BATTERUP | 8 | Umpire's call to play ball: 2 wds. |
| 56% | IMIN | 4 | "Sounds like fun, let's play!": 2 wds. |
| 51% | BEERPONG | 8 | Drinking game played with a small ball: 2 wds. |
| 48% | GAMEON | 6 | Phrase that can mean "Let's play!" or "Challenge accepted!": 2 wds. |
| 48% | PLAYBALL | 8 | What an umpire shouts to begin a game: 2 wds. |
| 46% | IWON | 4 | Victor's shout: 2 wds. |
| 46% | BATTLECRY | 9 | Fighter's shout: 2 wds. |
| 46% | HITIT | 5 | Bandleader's starting shout: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ALLABOARD | 9 | Train conductor's shout: 2 wds. |
| 45% | PLAYBALL | 8 | Umpire's game-starting cry: 2 wds. |
| 45% | KEVINKLINE | 10 | "Last Vegas" actor who played Ulysses S. Grant in 1999's "Wild Wild West": 2 wds. |
| 45% | MICHAELONTKEAN | 14 | "Slap Shot" actor who played Sheriff Harry S. Truman on "Twin Peaks": 2 wds. |
| 44% | HITIT | 5 | Bandleader's "Start playing!": 2 wds. |
| 44% | HELLODOLLY | 10 | Musical based on Thornton Wilder's play "The Matchmaker": 2 wds. |
| 44% | MEGO | 4 | Kazuo Ishiguro's "Never Let ___": 2 wds. |
| 44% | IMFREE | 6 | "Sure, let's do lunch": 2 wds. |
| 43% | KELSEYGRAMMER | 13 | He played 17-Across's son on "Frasier": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ALECBALDWIN | 11 | He played Adam Maitland's ghost in "Beetlejuice": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ALLABOARD | 9 | Train conductor's shout before departure: 2 wds. |
| 43% | IMIN | 4 | "Sounds good, let's do it!": 2 wds. |
| 43% | HITIT | 5 | Bandleader's command to start playing: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JANESEYMOUR | 11 | "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" star who played a Bond girl in "Live and Let Die": 2 wds. |
| 43% | CUTCLASS | 8 | Play hooky: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ERICCLOSE | 9 | He plays Rayna's husband Teddy on 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CONNIENIELSEN | 13 | "Gladiator" actress who plays Diana's mother, Queen Hippolyta: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ROSEBOWL | 8 | New Year's Day football game played in Pasadena: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | He played Batman in 1989's "Batman": 2 wds. |
| 42% | RENERUSSO | 9 | Actress who played Thor's mother Frigga: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CLARKGREGG | 10 | "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." actor who plays Phil Coulson in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |