| 100% | GYM | 3 | ___nastics are always a popular event at the summer Olympics |
| 43% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | Discipline that will be a medal event for the first time at the 38-Across Olympics |
| 43% | SURFING | 7 | Discipline that will be a medal event for the first time at the 38-Across Olympics |
| 42% | SPORTCLIMBING | 13 | Discipline that will be a medal event for the first time at the 38-Across Olympics (2 wds.) |
| 42% | SPITZ | 5 | Mark who was a swimming phenom at the 1972 Olympics |
| 40% | EPEE | 4 | Fencing sword at the Summer Olympics |
| 39% | LEAPYEARS | 9 | The Summer Olympics are held in them |
| 38% | AERIALS | 7 | Freestyle skiing event at the Olympics |
| 38% | OLGA | 4 | Korbut who was a sensation at the 1972 Olympics |
| 38% | EPEE | 4 | Individual and team event at the Olympics |
| 37% | SKIS | 4 | Competes in alpine events at the Olympics, say |
| 37% | SALE | 4 | Retail event at the end of a season |
| 37% | VAULT | 5 | Spring event in the Summer Olympics? |
| 37% | SLALOM | 6 | Skiing event at the Winter Olympics |
| 37% | MEDALIST | 8 | One who has won an event at the Olympics |
| 36% | MUSEUM | 6 | Exhibition site that is a popular spot for families during the summer |
| 36% | ALINA | 5 | Figure skater Zagitova who was a gold medallist at the 2018 Olympics |
| 36% | SPITZ | 5 | Mark who won seven golds at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
| 36% | KOSOVO | 6 | Partially-recognized Balkan state that was a first time entrant at the 2016 Summer Olympics |
| 36% | DANCE | 5 | First ___, traditional event at the reception of a newly-married couple |
| 36% | SLALOM | 6 | Winding downhill event at the Winter Olympics |
| 35% | SUPERG | 6 | Alpine skiing event at the Winter Olympics (Hyph.) |
| 35% | MICHELANGELO | 12 | "He was always looking up at the ceiling" |
| 35% | WORLDSERIES | 11 | 2004 event at which the jinx was broken |
| 35% | ZOO | 3 | Animal enclosure site that is a popular spot for families during the summer |
| 35% | USA | 3 | Chant that was documented way back at the 1920 Summer Olympics |
| 35% | RETTON | 6 | She won five medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics |
| 35% | IDEA | 4 | "Paris is always a good ___" (line from the film "Sabrina") |
| 34% | GOLF | 4 | Sport that returned to the Summer Olympics in 2016 after a 112-year absence |
| 34% | BACKOF | 6 | "That thought was always at the ___ my mind.": 2 wds. |