| 100% | PRO | 3 | ___ Bowl (NFL game a week before the Super Bowl) |
| 48% | MUSTSEETV | 9 | The Super Bowl, to a football fan |
| 45% | DEBATE | 6 | Event a few weeks before the 2012 presidential election |
| 45% | GENE | 4 | NFL great Upshaw who won two Super Bowls with the Oakland Raiders |
| 45% | BEARS | 5 | Chicago NFL team that won the Super Bowl in 1985 |
| 45% | LOVIESMITH | 10 | First African-American football coach to lead a team to the Super Bowl: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DENVERBRONCOS | 13 | NFL team with the most Super Bowl losses (five) (2 wds.) |
| 43% | NFLLOGO | 7 | Image on the middle of a Super Bowl field |
| 42% | PSA | 3 | Informational TV spot, such as a domestic violence ad aired during the Super Bowl: Abbr. |
| 42% | NEWYORKGIANTS | 13 | 44-Across' NFL team, the 2012 Super Bowl champs: 3 wds. |
| 42% | TYREE | 5 | David who caught a key pass in the 2008 Super Bowl |
| 42% | WEEB | 4 | Coach Ewbank who led the Jets to a Super Bowl championship |
| 41% | PANTHERS | 8 | Carolina NFL team since 1995 that's never won a Super Bowl |
| 41% | BROWNS | 6 | Cleveland NFL team since 1950 that's never won a Super Bowl |
| 41% | FALCONS | 7 | Atlanta NFL team since 1966 that's never won a Super Bowl |
| 41% | LIONS | 5 | Detroit NFL team since 1930 that's never won a Super Bowl |
| 41% | BENGALS | 7 | Cincinnati NFL team since 1970 that's never won a Super Bowl |
| 41% | EAGLES | 6 | Philadelphia NFL team since 1933 that's never won a Super Bowl |
| 41% | GENE | 4 | Upshaw who is the only NFL player to go to the Super Bowl in three different decades with the same team |
| 40% | CHARGERS | 8 | San Diego NFL team since 1970 that's never won a Super Bowl |
| 40% | PEP | 3 | Talk given by the coach before a game begins |
| 40% | CHUCKNOLL | 9 | NFL coach who led the Steelers to four Super Bowl victories in six years: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TIDE | 4 | Detergent brand that ran "It's a ___ Ad" ads during the 2018 Super Bowl |
| 39% | RAMS | 4 | Los Angeles ___, NFL team that lost to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LIII |
| 39% | NEONDEION | 9 | Nickname for the only man to play in a Super Bowl and a World Series |
| 39% | PALMSUNDAY | 10 | A week before Easter |
| 39% | EVENT | 5 | The Super Bowl, e.g. |
| 38% | TENOF | 5 | A little before the hour |
| 38% | ELI | 3 | Brother of 30-Across who was the 2008 and 2012 Super Bowl MVP as a Giants quarterback |
| 38% | SPONSOR | 7 | Anheuser-Busch, to the Super Bowl |