| 100% | DHED | 4 | Was a swinger but didn’t play the field? |
| 44% | BASEBALL | 8 | Team sport originating in the US whose playing field is known as a diamond |
| 44% | OSCARWILDE | 10 | Writer who quipped "The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast" |
| 41% | SLOB | 4 | "Maybe he was a ___ at home and didn't even notice the dirt and disorder" |
| 40% | DHS | 3 | They don't play the field: Abbr. |
| 40% | XXX | 3 | They don't play the field, briefly |
| 40% | COURT | 5 | A Tennis ___, where the sport is played |
| 39% | DHS | 3 | MLB sluggers who don't play the field |
| 38% | MOW | 3 | Level the playing field, in a way? |
| 38% | DHED | 4 | Batted, but didn't field |
| 38% | WONONPOINTS | 11 | Was victorious in the ring, but not by a knockout |
| 38% | HOCKEY | 6 | Can be played on ice or a field |
| 38% | DHED | 4 | Batted, but didn't field, briefly |
| 38% | SAT | 3 | Didn't play in the game |
| 37% | DHED | 4 | Hit but didn't field, in baseball |
| 37% | EDSEL | 5 | “Hula hoops, Castro, ___ is a no-go” (“We Didn’t Start the Fire” lyric) |
| 37% | DATEDAROUND | 11 | Played the field |
| 37% | TRL | 3 | The last music video it played was for a Britney Spears song |
| 37% | AINT | 4 | "I may not be the brightest, but I ____ a liar!" |
| 37% | DHED | 4 | Batted but didn't field, in MLB lingo |
| 37% | WILDPITCHES | 11 | And the tempestuous finale was played at a variety of... |
| 36% | LORRE | 5 | Peter who was the first actor to play a Bond villain |
| 36% | ASIA | 4 | Smallest name but is the biggest in size as a continent |
| 36% | BOW | 3 | What a play's cast takes after the show is over |
| 36% | RBI | 3 | In baseball, the plays that allow a run to be scored |
| 36% | MONEY | 5 | "A rich man is nothing but a poor man with ___": W. C. Fields |
| 36% | FERRELL | 7 | Will ___, "Spirited" actor who plays a toy company CEO in the 2023 movie "Barbie" |
| 36% | SCORN | 5 | "Silence is the most perfect expression of ___" (line in a Shaw play) |
| 35% | LED | 3 | Didn't need a comeback in the game |