| 100% | RELIEFPITCHER | 13 | 19-Across played this position for most of his baseball career: 2 wds. |
| 53% | CENTERFIELDER | 13 | 14-Across's defensive role for most of his career: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BARCELONA | 9 | Messi played most of his career for this club |
| 41% | RED | 3 | 1-Across, for most of his career |
| 40% | HOMESTEADGRAYS | 14 | "Colorful" Negro leagues team where Josh Gibson played most of his career: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JET | 3 | Namath, for most of his career |
| 39% | OILER | 5 | 43-Across, for most of his NHL career |
| 39% | TIGER | 5 | Ty Cobb, for most of his career |
| 39% | MET | 3 | Tom Seaver, for most of his career |
| 39% | CELT | 4 | Bob Cousy, for most of his career |
| 39% | COLT | 4 | Johnny Unitas, for most of his career |
| 39% | BRAVE | 5 | Hank Aaron, for most of his career |
| 38% | REDS | 4 | Pete Rose's team, for most of his career |
| 38% | NEWYORKYANKEES | 14 | 19-Across played 19 seasons for this Big Apple team: 3 wds. |
| 38% | COLT | 4 | Peyton Manning, for much of his N.F.L. career |
| 37% | TED | 3 | ___ Williams, American baseball player who played his 19-year career for the Boston Red Sox |
| 37% | BAYPACKERS | 10 | The Green ___, NFL team where 18-Across spent the majority of his playing career: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ZIPCODE | 7 | 90210, for much of Beverly Hills: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DAVIDOYELOWO | 12 | 19-Across and 33-Across actor who won a 2015 NAACP Image Award for his portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. in "Selma" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SHIRLEYJONES | 12 | Stepmother of 19-Across who played his mother on "The Partridge Family": 2 wds. |
| 34% | THOMASEDISON | 12 | Prolific American inventor who lost most of his hearing at age 12: 2 wds. |
| 32% | CRAIGBIGGIO | 11 | Hall of Fame multi-position player who played his entire career with the Astros (1988-2007): 2 wds. |
| 32% | JOHNELWAY | 9 | Hall of Fame quarterback who played his whole career with the Broncos (1983-1998): 2 wds. |
| 32% | TERRYBRADSHAW | 13 | Hall of Fame quarterback who played his whole career with the Steelers (1970-1983): 2 wds. |
| 32% | BARTSTARR | 9 | Hall of Fame quarterback who played his whole career with the Packers (1956-1971): 2 wds. |
| 32% | BOSTON | 6 | With 32-Across, team that 18-Across played for his whole 19-year professional career |
| 32% | EXPAT | 5 | Henry James, for much of his life |
| 31% | JOHNSON | 7 | Walter ___, American baseball player who played his 21-year career for the Washington Senators |
| 31% | ACTII | 5 | Finale of many plays: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ERA | 3 | Hall of Fame pitcher Mariano Rivera's is 2.21 for his career: Abbr. |