| 100% | FIRE | 4 | "Chariots of ___," 1981 sports movie that is set at the Olympics |
| 78% | COOL | 4 | "___ Runnings," 1993 bobsledding sports movie that is set at the Olympics |
| 67% | EDGE | 4 | "The Cutting ___," 1992 sports comedy movie that is set at the Olympics |
| 50% | RUDY | 4 | 1993 sports film that is set in the University of Notre Dame |
| 49% | UPCS | 4 | Sets of bars that are scanned at the grocery store: Abbr. |
| 45% | MEN | 3 | "Mad ___," drama starring Jon Hamm that is set at the Sterling Cooper advertising agency |
| 43% | GOLFBALL | 8 | Sports item that can be found at the starts of 17-, 21-, 32-, 42- and 54-Across |
| 42% | USA | 3 | Chant that was documented way back at the 1920 Summer Olympics |
| 42% | MEDAL | 5 | Winning prize at the Olympics, that may be gold, silver or bronze |
| 42% | TENNIS | 6 | Grand Slam sport that is the premise of the films at 20a, 36a, 48a, 4d, and 8d |
| 41% | JAWS | 4 | 1975 movie that was the highest-grossing of all time until "Star Wars" |
| 41% | TROY | 4 | Ancient city that is the setting of the "Iliad" |
| 41% | GOMERPYLEUSMC | 13 | Sitcom set at a military base that was a spin-off of "The Andy Griffith Show" (3 wds.) |
| 40% | EMMA | 4 | Jane Austen novel that was the basis of the movie "Clueless" |
| 40% | RIO | 3 | Brazilian city that was the title of a 2011 animated movie |
| 40% | OTRANTO | 7 | Italian city that is the title setting of a Walpole novel |
| 40% | CLONE | 5 | Biological duplicate that is the subject of many sci-fi movies |
| 40% | PALAU | 5 | Micronesian island that was the setting for a season of "Survivor" |
| 40% | ANGRY | 5 | "12 ___ Men," 1957 movie that was largely set in one location, the New York County courthouse |
| 40% | KARATE | 6 | Japanese discipline that was to make its debut at the 2020 Olympics |
| 40% | BELL | 4 | Instrument that is rung, rung at the beginning of a boxing match |
| 40% | HANNIBAL | 8 | 2001 movie that was a sequel to the 1991 Best Picture winner "The Silence of the Lambs" |
| 40% | THEEVENINGSTAR | 14 | 1996 movie that was a sequel to the 1983 Best Picture winner "Terms of Endearment": 3 wds. |
| 39% | ARLEN | 5 | Fictional town in Texas that is the setting for "King of the Hill" |
| 39% | TACT | 4 | Diplomat's skill that is hidden at the end of "contact" |
| 39% | CHAI | 4 | Spiced Indian tea that is hidden at the beginning of "chainsaw" |
| 39% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | "Wheelie" and "ollie" activity that was to make its debut at the 2020 Olympics |
| 39% | TOETOTOE | 8 | Movie that was the film debut ('09) of Sonequa Martin-Green, who starred in the web television series "Star Trek: Discovery" |
| 39% | ALTEREDSTATES | 13 | 1980 science-fiction horror movie that was the film debut of both 27-Across and Drew Barrymore (2 wds.) |
| 39% | KOSOVO | 6 | Partially-recognized Balkan state that was a first time entrant at the 2016 Summer Olympics |