| 100% | ALLEY | 5 | With 98-Across, showy play |
| 57% | PLACEA | 6 | With 96 Across, play roulette, for example |
| 52% | FAST | 4 | With 5-Across, basketball play |
| 51% | ONLYASGOODASTHE | 15 | With 98-Across, to an aspiring entrepreneur: "You're ..." |
| 48% | HITS | 4 | With 36-Across, plays dirty |
| 47% | TENOR | 5 | With 32-Across, instrument played by Coltrane |
| 47% | OUR | 3 | With 60-Across, Thornton Wilder play |
| 47% | ALLEY | 5 | With 81-Across, flashy basketball play |
| 46% | THE | 3 | With 39-Across, a 60-Across play |
| 46% | PRO | 3 | 98 Across participant |
| 45% | GDARNGDENRS | 11 | Play in 7-Across with the rack ADEGNRS |
| 45% | RDESRIRDEDS | 11 | Play in 7-Across with the rack DDEEIRS |
| 45% | WROWRRDIEDR | 11 | Play in 7-Across with the rack DEIORRW |
| 45% | POKER | 5 | With 7-Across, place to play hold 'em |
| 45% | PATRICK | 7 | With 34-Across, actor who played 15-Across |
| 45% | GWYNETH | 7 | With 38-Across, actress who played 44-Across |
| 45% | GAL | 3 | With 35-Across, actress who plays Wonder Woman |
| 45% | ERE | 3 | With 98 Down, soon |
| 44% | EMILIA | 6 | With 34-Across, she plays Daenerys Targaryen on 49-Across |
| 44% | VIDEO | 5 | With 8-Across, something played by an e-sports competitor |
| 44% | COBO | 4 | With 16-Across, where the Pistons used to play |
| 44% | ARCO | 4 | With 63-Across, where the Kings play in Sacramento |
| 44% | KAREN | 5 | With 49-Across, actress who played Gidget in 1969 |
| 44% | AWAY | 4 | With 5-Across, it isn't played at home |
| 44% | INDYA | 5 | With 29-Across, actress who plays Angel on "Pose" |
| 44% | TWO | 3 | With 22-Across, what some plays are divided into |
| 43% | RON | 3 | See 98 Across |
| 43% | ROMEOAND | 8 | With 36-Across, Shakespeare play about star-crossed lovers: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JOYCE | 5 | With 39-Across, character played by 18-Across in "Stranger Things" |
| 43% | DENNIS | 6 | With 31-Across, he played Chester Goode on "Gunsmoke": 2 wds. |