| 100% | LALIGA | 6 | What Real Madrid and F.C. Barcelona play in |
| 49% | RIVALS | 6 | Barcelona and Real Madrid, in soccer |
| 44% | RIVAL | 5 | Real Madrid vis-à-vis F.C. Barcelona |
| 39% | MADRID | 6 | Real and Atletico play football in this city |
| 39% | ERR | 3 | Play an F# in a C major scale, say |
| 37% | NOTES | 5 | In music, they are A, B, C, D, E, F and G |
| 37% | THENBA | 6 | What Grizzlies and Timberwolves play in |
| 36% | TOMPARKER | 9 | Real-life talent manager and "Colonel" played by Tom Hanks in "Elvis": 2 wds. |
| 35% | ROUGHHOUSE | 10 | Rowdy play, and what's hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 35% | STS | 3 | A, B and F, e.g., in D.C. |
| 35% | WALTDISNEY | 10 | Real-life animator and film producer played by Tom Hanks in "Saving Mr. Banks": 2 wds. |
| 34% | JEDGARHOOVER | 12 | Real-life FBI director and title character played by Leonardo DiCaprio in a 2011 film: 3 wds. |
| 34% | MAC | 3 | "___ and C.H.E.E.S.E." show in which Joey plays a character in "Friends" |
| 34% | STS | 3 | E, F and G in D.C. |
| 33% | SETLIST | 7 | Itemized concert songs in playing order ... and what all the words in answers to starred clues comprise |
| 32% | AMIDSUMMERNIGHTSDREAM | 21 | Play about love and heartbreak in ancient Greece [1605, 431 B.C.] |
| 32% | ELCLASICO | 9 | Match between rivals FC Barcelona and Real Madrid |
| 32% | LIONELMESSI | 11 | Argentine soccer player who plays for FC Barcelona and earned $111 M according to Forbes in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SOFTBALL | 8 | Sport played in slowpitch and fastpitch |
| 31% | CLEFS | 5 | C, F and G |
| 31% | JETS | 4 | What Jacuzzis, airports and the N.F.L. all have in common |
| 31% | PURSE | 5 | What a woman might carry money and makeup in |
| 31% | PAIL | 4 | What Jack and Jill went to fetch water in |
| 31% | SPANISH | 7 | What's spoken in Barcelona |
| 31% | ESTO | 4 | What this is in Barcelona |
| 31% | MADRID | 6 | Real and Atletico play there |
| 31% | MAS | 3 | What's more in Madrid? |
| 31% | ESTO | 4 | What this is in Madrid |
| 31% | BALLGAMES | 9 | What cubs and mets play |
| 31% | COXANDBOX | 9 | 1866 one-act comic opera by Arthur Sullivan and F C Burnand |