| 100% | QTR | 3 | 15 mins. of an N.F.L. game |
| 84% | QTR | 3 | 15 minutes of an N.F.L. game: Abbr. |
| 54% | SANDIEGOCHARGER | 15 | Member of an N.F.L. team transplanted to Los Angeles in 2017 |
| 48% | FGS | 3 | Ends of some close N.F.L. games: Abbr. |
| 45% | ICEBOWL | 7 | Nickname of the subzero 1967 N.F.L. Championship Game |
| 45% | OCANADA | 7 | Trains for an N.H.L. game, say |
| 44% | TENTH | 5 | First extra inning of an M.L.B. game |
| 44% | BREES | 5 | 2020 N.F.L. retiree who leads all QBs with 123 regular-season games of 300+ passing yards |
| 44% | QTRS | 4 | N.F.L. game divs. |
| 44% | TIE | 3 | N.F.L. game rarity |
| 44% | QTR | 3 | 15 min. of college football |
| 43% | OCANADA | 7 | Preceder of many N.H.L. games |
| 42% | EIGHTYTWO | 9 | Number of games in an N.B.A. season |
| 42% | TDS | 3 | N.F.L. game highlights, for short |
| 42% | PAYTHEBILLS | 11 | Chore for an N.F.L. owner? |
| 41% | BYEWEEK | 7 | Time off for an N.F.L. team |
| 41% | BYEWEEK | 7 | Idle stretch for an N.F.L. team |
| 41% | PATRIOTSDAY | 11 | When an N.F.L.er is feted? |
| 41% | TAXISQUAD | 9 | Practice roster for an N.F.L. team |
| 41% | PROBOWL | 7 | N.F.L. all-star game |
| 41% | MAP | 3 | Feature of an open-world game |
| 41% | THERAVEN | 8 | Poetic basis for an N.F.L. team name |
| 41% | COLT | 4 | Horse that an N.F.L. bettor might back? |
| 41% | THERAVEN | 8 | Poem that inspired an N.F.L. team name |
| 41% | CRONENBERG | 10 | Body-horror director David who made an N.F.T. of himself kissing his own corpse |
| 41% | QTR | 3 | Div. of an NBA game |
| 40% | ICEBOWL | 7 | Nickname for the 1967 N.F.L. Championship Game, famously played at about -15° |
| 40% | WES | 3 | World Wide ___, nickname of an N.B.A. power broker |
| 40% | INOT | 4 | How some N.F.L. games are resolved |
| 40% | HOUR | 4 | Official length of an NFL game |