| 100% | PRIME | 5 | ___ Day, annual deal event that was first held on Amazon's 20th anniversary in 2015 |
| 43% | BALL | 4 | Times Square ___ Drop, New Year event that was first held on New Year's Eve in 1907 |
| 33% | POLAR | 5 | The ___ Circle Marathon, annual running event that is held in Greenland |
| 32% | NEWYORKMARATHON | 15 | Event held on the first Sunday in November, and whose path is recreated in this puzzle |
| 31% | BIG | 3 | ___ Dog's Backyard Ultra, annual marathon running event that is held in Tennessee |
| 31% | SALES | 5 | Events that might be held in garages |
| 30% | BLUE | 4 | The Foot Levelers ___ Ridge Marathon, annual running event that is held in Virginia |
| 29% | EARTH | 5 | ___ Day, annual event on April 22nd that celebrates environmental protection |
| 29% | THEUSOPEN | 9 | Annual sporting event that is this puzzle's theme |
| 29% | CONCERT | 7 | Musical event that may be held in a stadium or an arena |
| 29% | SKYFALL | 7 | 2012 Adele hit that was the first James Bond theme to debut in the top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 |
| 28% | IDITAROD | 8 | Annual competition that starts on the first Saturday in March |
| 28% | EXPO | 4 | ___ 2015 (World's Fair that was held in Milan) |
| 28% | RODRIGUEZ | 9 | Yankees player Alex, who was involved in Baseball's first instant replay review, on the day of Halloween |
| 28% | ANTIHERO | 8 | Taylor Swift song that was 20th on Spotify's 2023 list of most-streamed songs of the summer in the U.S. (Hyph.) |
| 28% | POLECAR | 7 | The vehicle that is first out on the track in Indy racing, say: 2 wds. |
| 27% | MOON | 4 | ___ landing, historic scientific event that you will see being broadcast on your TV screen in 1969 |
| 27% | SWIM | 4 | National Learn to ___ Day, annual celebration that encourages people to be active in water |
| 26% | IAGO | 4 | Fictional scarlet macaw that was first seen in Walt Disney's animated film "Aladdin" |
| 26% | ROSEPARADE | 10 | Annual New Year’s Day event in Pasadena |
| 26% | IPAD | 4 | Product that had sales of more than 300,000 on its first day in 2010 |
| 26% | INC | 3 | Business magazine that, in 1981, was the first to feature Steve Jobs on its cover |
| 26% | NFLDRAFT | 8 | Annual sports event where Kyler Murray was selected first overall by the Arizona Cardinals in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 26% | AFROPUNK | 8 | Annual music festival that originated in Brooklyn and is now held in cities around the world |
| 26% | IPAD | 4 | Tablet that was first released in 2010 |
| 26% | NOBEL | 5 | Prize that was first awarded in 1901 |
| 26% | PARIS | 5 | With 18-Across, sporting festival whose first day of events is on July 24, 2024, informally |
| 26% | FIESTA | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game with a name that means "feast" in Spanish and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 26% | LAS | 3 | "___ Mananitas," song that may be dedicated to mothers in Mexico on Mother's Day |
| 26% | BELLS | 5 | "Jingle ___," iconic Christmas carol that was the first song played on musical instruments in space by Gemini 6 astronauts in 1965 |