| 100% | PAC | 3 | ___-12 (league whose UCLA men and Arizona and Stanford women reached the 2021 Final Four) |
| 29% | NBA | 3 | League whose 2023 Finals participants are mentioned at the ends of 20- and 28-Across, and 45- and 50-Across |
| 27% | USC | 3 | The Men and Women of Troy |
| 27% | TARAVANDERVEER | 14 | Stanford University women's basketball coach who was named Naismith Coach of the Year in 1990, 2011, and 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 26% | PAYGAP | 6 | The difference in compensation for men and women, say |
| 26% | NOON | 4 | When the big and little hands reach 12 |
| 26% | NBA | 3 | League whose mascots include Benny the Bull and Pierre the Pelican |
| 25% | SEMI | 4 | One of two played at the Women's Final Four |
| 25% | AIMEE | 5 | She played the woman in "A Man and a Woman" |
| 25% | EDEN | 4 | Where the first man and woman lived, in the Bible |
| 25% | GEORGEMASON | 11 | University that scored a string of huge upsets in 2006 when it reached the NCAA Final Four: 2 wds. |
| 25% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | Tennis great whose 2005 match agianst Lindsay Davenport is the longest Wimbledon women's final in history (2 hours and 45 minutes) (2 wds.) |
| 25% | JAYJOHNSON | 10 | Head coach of 35-Across who won league championships with the University of Nevada in 2015 and the University of Arizona in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 24% | GIRLSWANTGIRLS | 14 | 2021 Drake song whose title starts and ends with the same word: 3 wds. |
| 24% | OJAI | 4 | California hometown of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman |
| 24% | JUSTINOLAM | 10 | Papua New Guinea and Wests Tigers wing/centre who played against England in the 2021 Rugby League World Cup quarter-finals |
| 24% | MERELY | 6 | "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women ___ players" |
| 24% | UNESCO | 6 | Agcy. with the slogan “Building peace in the minds of men and women” |
| 24% | ONTHEROAD | 9 | Kerouac novel, and a hint to the four starred women in this puzzle |
| 24% | HOUSTON | 7 | Texas's "Space City" and host of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships Finals |
| 24% | PAD | 3 | Shoulder ___, clothing insert that you will see men and women of the 1980s wearing |
| 24% | MATISSE | 7 | Henri —, French painter and sculptor whose works include 1905's Woman with the Hat |
| 24% | EVE | 3 | Biblical woman whose name reads the same forward and backward |
| 23% | NEVERSAYNEVER | 13 | 2021 Cole Swindell/Lainey Wilson song whose title starts and ends with the same word: 3 wds. |
| 23% | GEORGIADOME | 11 | Only facility in the world to have hosted the Olympics, Super Bowl and Final Four |
| 23% | DAVID | 5 | & 5D Playwright whose works for children include The Gingerbread Man and The Ideal Gnome Expedition |
| 23% | MARCCHAGALL | 11 | Artist whose works include 1929’s The Woman and the Roses |
| 23% | ELI | 3 | ___ Manning, football quarterback who retired in 2020 and has made it to the Pro Bowl four times |
| 23% | SEX | 3 | "___ and the City," American comedy series about four sassy New York-based women |
| 23% | CHAGALL | 7 | Marc —, artist whose works include 1929's The Woman and the Roses |