| 100% | PASS | 4 | Usual play on third-and-long |
| 72% | PUNT | 4 | Result of a sack on third and long, maybe |
| 62% | POLO | 4 | Game played on horseback with a long mallet and a ball |
| 58% | BILLIARDS | 9 | Game played with a long stick and balls on a table |
| 54% | PASS | 4 | Third-and-long play, usually |
| 51% | BRIANGERAGHTY | 13 | "Chicago Med" and "Chicago Fire" actor who plays a long-haul trucker on 1-Across/65-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | LIONKING | 8 | Musical based on a Disney film, "The ___" is Broadway's third longest-running show and the highest grossing production: 2 wds. |
| 49% | HOCKEY | 6 | Sport played on ice with sticks and pucks |
| 49% | POLO | 4 | Game played on yaks in Mongolia and Pakistan |
| 49% | CHAU | 4 | Long who plays Steve on "PEN15" |
| 48% | CURLING | 7 | Game played on ice with flat stones and brooms |
| 46% | BILLIARDS | 9 | Game played on a table with a cue stick and balls |
| 46% | PROSPER | 7 | On Star Trek, completes the phrase "Live Long and" |
| 46% | MATES | 5 | First, second, and third on a deck |
| 46% | DOUBLEYELLOWLINE | 16 | … something long and painted on a highway |
| 46% | PIANO | 5 | Instrument Schroeder plays and Lucy leans on |
| 46% | RED | 3 | Like hearts and diamonds on playing cards |
| 45% | ADAIR | 5 | "Love and Death on Long Island" writer Gilbert ___ |
| 45% | ADAIR | 5 | "Love and Death on Long Island" novelist Gilbert |
| 45% | ADAIR | 5 | “Love and Death on Long Island” writer Gilbert ___ |
| 45% | ADAIR | 5 | Love and Death on Long Island writer Gilbert ___ |
| 45% | FENCES | 6 | Wilson's play on baseball and emotional barriers |
| 45% | NIA | 3 | Actress Long who plays Giusi Green on "Empire" |
| 45% | POLO | 4 | Game played on horseback with long-handled mallets |
| 45% | NIA | 3 | Actress Long who plays Fatima on "You People" |
| 45% | NICOL | 5 | Williamson who played Hamlet and Macbeth on Broadway |
| 45% | ALDA | 4 | And the Band Played On star |
| 44% | YOYOING | 7 | Playing with a toy that goes up and down on string |
| 44% | ADAIR | 5 | Gilbert who wrote "Love and Death on Long Island" |
| 44% | PIANO | 5 | Instrument Schroeder plays and Lucy leans on, in "Peanuts" |