| 100% | ZONEDEFENSE | 11 | 2-3 or 1-2-2, in basketball |
| 76% | SUBW8RAIN | 9 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, in New York City |
| 76% | GEAR | 4 | 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 in a car, shifted by a stick |
| 67% | GEAR | 4 | 1, 2, 3 or R |
| 67% | DIGIT | 5 | 1, 2, 3 or 4 |
| 67% | ADDENDS | 7 | The 1 and 2 in 1 + 2 = 3 |
| 66% | PAR | 3 | 2, 3 or 4, usually, in miniature golf |
| 65% | TRIFECTA | 8 | 1, 2 and 3, in that order |
| 65% | ODDNUMBER | 9 | 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9: 2 wds. |
| 64% | NINEOF | 6 | 1:51, 2:51 or 3:51, e.g. |
| 62% | MINUEND | 7 | The 3 in 3 - 2 = 1 |
| 62% | ODDNUMBER | 9 | Any of 1 or 3 or 5, etc.; unlucky in China |
| 62% | ODD | 3 | Like 1 or 3, but not 2 or 4 |
| 62% | PAR | 3 | 2 or 3, typically, in mini-golf |
| 61% | NUMERALS | 8 | Figures such as 1, 2, 3 or X, V, I |
| 60% | COUNT | 5 | Say 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on, in math class |
| 60% | SOSOREVIEWS | 11 | They might have 2 1/2 or 3 stars |
| 59% | TESTING | 7 | 1, 2, 3 lead-in |
| 59% | ATNO | 4 | 1 for H, 2 for He or 3 for Li |
| 59% | DESTRUCT | 8 | This message will self-__ in 3, 2, 1... |
| 58% | CRAP | 4 | ___ out (roll an opening 2, 3, or 12, in a casino dice game) |
| 58% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | Going backward in numbers, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 |
| 58% | ODDS | 4 | 2:1 or 3:1 |
| 58% | RATIO | 5 | 2:1 or 3:2 |
| 57% | ODD | 3 | Like numbers ending in 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9 |
| 56% | RATIO | 5 | 1:2 or 3:4, e.g. |
| 56% | TRE | 3 | Uno, due, ___ (1, 2, 3 in Italian) |
| 56% | SUM | 3 | 3 for 1 and 2 |
| 55% | MIN | 3 | "1" for the set {1, 2, 3}, in brief |
| 54% | VARIABLE | 8 | In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... |