diff --git a/ui/analyse/src/study/relay/relayTourView.ts b/ui/analyse/src/study/relay/relayTourView.ts
index 7598a352ec8b1..d1406e4313e02 100644
--- a/ui/analyse/src/study/relay/relayTourView.ts
+++ b/ui/analyse/src/study/relay/relayTourView.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ const dateFormat = memoize(() =>
     ? new Intl.DateTimeFormat(site.displayLocale, {
         month: 'short',
         day: '2-digit',
-      } as any).format
+      }).format
     : (d: Date) => d.toLocaleDateString(),
 );
 
diff --git a/ui/editor/src/view.ts b/ui/editor/src/view.ts
index f55c0a8d655fc..0c4bf518023c3 100644
--- a/ui/editor/src/view.ts
+++ b/ui/editor/src/view.ts
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ function sparePieces(ctrl: EditorCtrl, color: Color, _orientation: Color, positi
             mousedown: onSelectSparePiece(ctrl, s, 'mouseup'),
             touchstart: onSelectSparePiece(ctrl, s, 'touchend'),
             touchmove: e => {
-              lastTouchMovePos = eventPosition(e as any);
+              lastTouchMovePos = eventPosition(e);
             },
           },
         },
diff --git a/ui/round/src/ctrl.ts b/ui/round/src/ctrl.ts
index d4487843f988f..629d681b0a270 100644
--- a/ui/round/src/ctrl.ts
+++ b/ui/round/src/ctrl.ts
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ export default class RoundController implements MoveRootCtrl {
   isLate = (): boolean => this.replaying() && status.playing(this.data);
 
   playerAt = (position: Position): game.Player =>
-    (this.flip as any) ^ ((position === 'top') as any) ? this.data.opponent : this.data.player;
+    this.flip != (position === 'top') ? this.data.opponent : this.data.player;
 
   flipNow = (): void => {
     this.flip = !this.nvui && !this.flip;
diff --git a/ui/swiss/src/interfaces.ts b/ui/swiss/src/interfaces.ts
index 6eed87a19cab2..6c4fb20a31708 100644
--- a/ui/swiss/src/interfaces.ts
+++ b/ui/swiss/src/interfaces.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ export interface Standing {
 
 export type Outcome = 'absent' | 'late' | 'bye';
 
+export type Sheet = (PairingBase | Outcome)[];
+
 export interface BasePlayer {
   user: LightUser;
   rating: number;
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ export interface PodiumPlayer extends BasePlayer {
 export interface Player extends BasePlayer {
   rank: number;
   sheetMin: string;
-  sheet: (PairingBase | Outcome)[];
+  sheet: Sheet;
 }
 
 export interface Board {
diff --git a/ui/swiss/src/util.ts b/ui/swiss/src/util.ts
index 8ace884fd8b1f..0ab5b3bc7224e 100644
--- a/ui/swiss/src/util.ts
+++ b/ui/swiss/src/util.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-import { Outcome } from './interfaces';
+import { Outcome, PairingExt } from './interfaces';
 
-export const isOutcome = (s: any): s is Outcome => s == 'absent' || s == 'late' || s == 'bye';
+export const isOutcome = (s: PairingExt | string): s is Outcome => s == 'absent' || s == 'late' || s == 'bye';
diff --git a/ui/swiss/src/view/playerInfo.ts b/ui/swiss/src/view/playerInfo.ts
index e42aa4cfdaae6..e9bc10d10e4f5 100644
--- a/ui/swiss/src/view/playerInfo.ts
+++ b/ui/swiss/src/view/playerInfo.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ export default function (ctrl: SwissCtrl): VNode | undefined {
   const tag = 'div.swiss__player-info.swiss__table';
   if (data?.user.id !== ctrl.playerInfoId)
     return h(tag, [h('div.stats', [h('h2', ctrl.playerInfoId), spinner()])]);
-  const games = data.sheet.filter((p: any) => p.g).length;
-  const wins = data.sheet.filter((p: any) => p.w).length;
+  const games = data.sheet.filter(p => !isOutcome(p) && p.g).length;
+  const wins = data.sheet.filter(p => !isOutcome(p) && p.w).length;
   const avgOp: number | undefined = games
-    ? Math.round(data.sheet.reduce((r, p) => r + ((p as any).rating || 1), 0) / games)
+    ? Math.round(data.sheet.reduce((r, p) => r + (!isOutcome(p) ? p.rating : 1), 0) / games)
     : undefined;
   return h(tag, { hook: { insert: setup, postpatch: (_, vnode) => setup(vnode) } }, [
     h('a.close', {
diff --git a/ui/swiss/src/xhr.ts b/ui/swiss/src/xhr.ts
index 9323d059dff7d..e94980ca99d12 100644
--- a/ui/swiss/src/xhr.ts
+++ b/ui/swiss/src/xhr.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { throttlePromiseDelay } from 'common/timing';
 import { json, form } from 'common/xhr';
 import SwissCtrl from './ctrl';
 import { isOutcome } from './util';
+import { Sheet } from './interfaces';
 
 // when the tournament no longer exists
 const onFail = () => site.reload();
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ const playerInfo = (ctrl: SwissCtrl, userId: string) =>
     ctrl.redraw();
   }, onFail);
 
-const readSheetMin = (str: string) =>
+const readSheetMin = (str: string): Sheet =>
   str
     ? str.split('|').map(s =>
         isOutcome(s)
diff --git a/ui/voice/src/move/arrows.ts b/ui/voice/src/move/arrows.ts
index a9ce29cbbcd5a..89f8e2aa029ab 100644
--- a/ui/voice/src/move/arrows.ts
+++ b/ui/voice/src/move/arrows.ts
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ export function coloredArrows(choices: [string, Uci][], timer: number | undefine
 function timerShape(duration: number, color: string, alpha = 0.4) {
   // works around a firefox stroke-dasharray animation bug
   setTimeout(() => {
-    for (const anim of $('.voice-timer-arc').get() as any[]) {
-      anim?.beginElement();
-      anim?.parentElement!.setAttribute('visibility', 'visible');
+    for (const anim of document.querySelectorAll<SVGAnimateElement>('animate .voice-timer-arc')) {
+      anim.beginElement();
+      anim.parentElement?.setAttribute('visibility', 'visible');
       if (color === 'grey') return; // don't show numbered arrow outlines
     }
   });