| 100% | LUIS | 4 | ___ Suárez, player suspended during the 2014 World Cup for biting another player |
| 43% | RIO | 3 | Brazilian city that hosted the 2014 World Cup, for short |
| 36% | MESSI | 5 | Lionel ___, Argentine soccer player who won the Golden Ball award in the 2014 FIFA World Cup |
| 36% | RIO | 3 | Site of the 2014 World Cup final |
| 35% | MESSI | 5 | Golden Ball winner in the 2014 World Cup |
| 35% | EQUALPAY | 8 | Much-discussed goal during the 2019 World Cup? |
| 35% | RIO | 3 | Where the 2014 World Cup final was played |
| 35% | OCTOPUS | 7 | Paul the ___, eight-limbed mollusk famous for correctly predicting the results during the 2010 FIFA World Cup |
| 35% | RIO | 3 | 2014 World Cup locale, for short |
| 35% | RIO | 3 | 2014 World Cup city, for short |
| 35% | VICTORHEDMAN | 12 | Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman who won the Conn Smythe Trophy for Most Valuable Player during the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs (2 wds.) |
| 35% | KANE | 4 | Harry ___, English soccer player who won the Golden Boot for most goals scored in the 2018 World Cup |
| 35% | ARMADILLO | 9 | 2014 World Cup mascot Fuleco, for one |
| 35% | RIO | 3 | 2014 World Cup Final host, for short |
| 34% | GHANA | 5 | Loser to the U.S. in the 2014 World Cup |
| 34% | RIO | 3 | Brazilian locale of the 2014 World Cup final game, familiarly |
| 34% | FIFA | 4 | Sports body that organized the 2014 World Cup in Brazil: Abbr. |
| 34% | RFK | 3 | DC venue for the '94 World Cup |
| 33% | LIONEL | 6 | With 33-Across, winner of the Golden Ball in the 2014 World Cup |
| 33% | GOALCELEBRATION | 15 | Alex Morgan miming sipping tea at the 2019 World Cup, for example |
| 32% | ASIA | 4 | Setting for the FIFA World Cups of 2002 and 2022 |
| 32% | BELGIUM | 7 | Country that knocked the US Men's National Team out of the 2014 World Cup |
| 32% | URUGUAY | 7 | Country home to Luis Suarez, that has won the FIFA World Cup twice |
| 32% | PELE | 4 | Youngest player to score in the FIFA World Cup (age 17) |
| 32% | GROUPS | 6 | A through H, for the World Cup |
| 32% | MICHELLEAKERS | 13 | American former soccer player who won the Golden Shoe (now renamed) for scoring 10 goals at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup: 2 wds. |
| 32% | HOSTS | 5 | China, for the 2022 Olympics, and Qatar, for the 2022 World Cup |
| 32% | MENTAL | 6 | Type of calculation Tomohiro Iseda won the world cup for in 2018 |
| 32% | MESSI | 5 | Record holder for most games played in the FIFA World Cup (26) |
| 31% | SHIN | 4 | Spot for a guard at the World Cup |