| 100% | LALAKERS | 8 | 1-Across team with 17 championships |
| 58% | ITSNOTOVERUNTIL | 15 | With 17-Across, encouragement for a trailing team |
| 54% | MILWAUKEEBUCKS | 14 | Team with which 46-Across won a championship in 1971 (2 wds.) |
| 52% | SING | 4 | With 17 Across, musically monotonous |
| 51% | VEAL | 4 | With 17 Across, Italian restaurant entrée |
| 51% | TALL | 4 | With 17 Across, whopper of a story |
| 50% | PAT | 3 | With 17-Down, five-time NBA championship coach |
| 49% | CAPITALS | 8 | Team for 17 Across |
| 49% | LYNX | 4 | Minnesota team with four championships |
| 48% | WORLDSERIES | 11 | Championship that 17-Across won twice, with the A's and Yankees: 2 wds. |
| 48% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 17 Across, justice who announced his retirement in 2022 |
| 48% | TOMBRADY | 8 | Buccaneers quarterback who teamed with Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers on June 1 for 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | PATRICKMAHOMES | 14 | Chiefs quarterback who teamed with Bills quarterback Josh Allen on June 1 for 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | NASAL | 5 | With 1 Across, dosage delivery system |
| 48% | SHOTTHEBOW | 10 | With 1 Across, warning at sea |
| 47% | GIANTS | 6 | New York NFL team with four Super Bowl championships |
| 47% | YANKEES | 7 | New York baseball team with 27 World Series championships |
| 47% | LIONS | 5 | Detroit ___, American football team with four NFL championships wins |
| 47% | LIONS | 5 | Detroit ___, American football team with four NFL Championship wins |
| 47% | TORI | 4 | With 1 Across, "Bouncing Off Clouds" singer |
| 47% | CORED | 5 | With the 1 Across removed |
| 46% | PATRIOTS | 8 | New England NFL team with five championships (including one for 30-Across) |
| 46% | JIMMY | 5 | With 17-Across, president who celebrated his 100th birthday 10/1/2024 |
| 46% | STJOHNS | 7 | Big East team with six N.I.T. basketball championships |
| 46% | LAKERS | 6 | Los Angeles team that 17-Across signed with this month |
| 45% | AIR | 3 | With 17-Across, ventilate |
| 45% | MISTER | 6 | With 40 Across, Hanks' role in 17/64 Across |
| 45% | CLEVELAND | 9 | With 20 Across, baseball team name announced in July |
| 45% | TYPEOFSCULPTURE | 15 | 17, 21, and 51 Across all finish with one |
| 45% | ELAINE | 6 | With 1 Across, Baldwin's mom on ''30 Rock'' |