| 100% | PLACEA | 6 | With 96 Across, play roulette, for example |
| 40% | SNOW | 4 | With 19-Across, place for kids to play in the winter |
| 39% | END | 3 | This, for example, with "the" |
| 39% | COACH | 5 | With 27-Across, nickname for football's Sanders, after his playing days |
| 39% | FLIRT | 5 | Play footsie, for example |
| 39% | STRUM | 5 | Play guitar, for example |
| 38% | GAMED | 5 | Played Zelda, for example |
| 38% | DALLAS | 6 | With 49-Across, team 31-Across played for in the 1996 Super Bowl |
| 38% | ATLANTA | 7 | With 18-Across, team 31-Across played for in the 1992 World Series |
| 38% | ABET | 4 | Play lookout for, for example |
| 38% | HOB | 3 | Play _____ with (make trouble for) |
| 38% | HOB | 3 | Play ___ with (make trouble for) |
| 38% | INTERACTS | 9 | Plays with others, for instance |
| 37% | SUCH | 4 | Another way to say for example, with as |
| 37% | GETLUCKY | 8 | Win at roulette, for example |
| 37% | KNIFE | 5 | With 63 Across, bag for chefs |
| 37% | SIGHOF | 6 | With 37 Across, ''Alas!'', for instance |
| 37% | CLEVELAND | 9 | With 41-Across, NBA team in Ohio that 36-Across had played for since 2011 |
| 37% | BOSTON | 6 | With 32-Across, team that 18-Across played for his whole 19-year professional career |
| 37% | BETA | 4 | Prototype for playing with |
| 37% | PHOENIXMERCURY | 14 | Team that 18-Across has played with for her whole career: 2 wds. |
| 36% | EXIT | 4 | With 15 Across, graduation requirement for some |
| 36% | BOOT | 4 | With 12 Across, place for basic training |
| 36% | MELBA | 5 | With 39 Across, crispy base for cheese |
| 36% | FESTIVAL | 8 | With 16 Across, another name for Hanukkah |
| 36% | ENOUGHTO | 8 | With 45 Across, sufficient quantity for everybody |
| 36% | BUTTONS | 7 | With 43 Across, Oscar song for 1947 |
| 36% | BASEBALL | 8 | One of the sports 15-Across played as a pro, for six seasons with three teams |
| 36% | MAISIE | 6 | With 41-Across, 2019 Supporting Actress Emmy nominee for playing Arya Stark in "Game of Thrones" |
| 36% | HOT | 3 | With 12 Across, another name for 22 Across |