| 100% | DICE | 4 | You need them to play Monopoly or Yahtzee |
| 45% | BOW | 3 | You need one to play a cello |
| 42% | OBOE | 4 | You need a reed to play one |
| 42% | BLANKTILE | 9 | What you'd need to play 26-, 29-, 43- or 45-Across |
| 42% | IDS | 3 | You need to supply them at checkpoints: Abbr. |
| 41% | ROPE | 4 | What you need to play double Dutch |
| 40% | IDS | 3 | You need to show them when you register to vote: Abbr. |
| 40% | SERENADE | 8 | To play music or sing a song for someone you love |
| 40% | OWE | 3 | When you need to pay someone back, you ___ them |
| 40% | ARCADE | 6 | Place where you need tokens to play video games |
| 38% | DICE | 4 | Cubes needed to play Yahtzee |
| 37% | EGGS | 4 | You may prefer to have them poached or scrambled |
| 37% | LUMPIT | 6 | Like it or __, means you'll need to endure |
| 37% | MODELAS | 7 | They had ''everything you want or need in a modern automobile'' (1920s) |
| 37% | REEDS | 5 | They're needed to play oboes and clarinets |
| 37% | DICE | 4 | What you roll to play Yahtzee |
| 37% | DICE | 4 | Five are needed to play Yahtzee |
| 36% | PETPAIL | 7 | What you might need to clean up after Fido or Kitty? |
| 36% | TIPOFTHEICEBERG | 15 | Hidden trouble indicator ... or what you'll need to finish this crossword? |
| 36% | DICE | 4 | Five of these are needed to play Yahtzee |
| 35% | GLASS | 5 | To build your own snow globe terrarium, you will need a ___ jar or a bowl |
| 34% | AUTOCOMPLETE | 12 | Search engine feature ... or what you literally need to do to answer the six starred clues |
| 34% | GAMENIGHT | 9 | An evening for playing Monopoly or Scrabble |
| 33% | AIR | 3 | You need it to live |
| 33% | #SIGNS | 6 | You'll need six of them to finish this puzzle |
| 33% | STICKS | 6 | "You need hockey ___ to play the sport." (equipment) |
| 33% | EGGS | 4 | You break them to fix them |
| 33% | NUS | 3 | You need two to spell "Santorini" |
| 33% | VISA | 4 | You need it to travel abroad |
| 33% | ESS | 3 | You need it to spell "spell" |