| 100% | USA | 3 | 2028 Olympics host country: Abbr. |
| 80% | USA | 3 | Country hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics: Abbr. |
| 71% | USA | 3 | Country that will host the 2028 Summer Olympics (Abbr.) |
| 65% | USA | 3 | Country hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics |
| 62% | USSR | 4 | Country that hosted the much-boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics: Abbr. |
| 60% | USA | 3 | 2028 Olympics host |
| 59% | USA | 3 | 2028 Olympics host nat. |
| 56% | ITALY | 5 | Three-time Olympics host country |
| 53% | JAPAN | 5 | Summer Olympics host country between Brazil and France |
| 52% | CHINA | 5 | Host country of the 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 52% | SLC | 3 | 2002 Winter Olympics host: Abbr. |
| 52% | SLC | 3 | 2002 Olympics host: Abbr. |
| 52% | ENG | 3 | 2012 Olympics host: Abbr. |
| 52% | NOR | 3 | 1994 Olympics host: Abbr. |
| 51% | FRANCE | 6 | Host country of the first Winter Olympics in 1924 |
| 49% | SWE | 3 | Host of the 1912 Olympics: Abbr. |
| 49% | GREECE | 6 | Country that hosted the 2004 Olympics |
| 49% | KOREA | 5 | Country hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics |
| 49% | USA | 3 | Country that hosts the Grammys: Abbr. |
| 47% | USA | 3 | Country represented by Simone Biles at the Olympics: Abbr. |
| 46% | ESP | 3 | Madrid's country, in the Olympics: Abbr. |
| 46% | USA | 3 | Eight-time Olympics host (abbr.) |
| 46% | USA | 3 | Country that won 121 medals at the 2016 Olympics: Abbr. |
| 45% | FINLAND | 7 | Scandinavian country that hosted the 1952 Summer Olympics |
| 45% | SEOUL | 5 | Capital of the country hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics |
| 44% | USA | 3 | Host of the 2028 Olympics, for short |
| 44% | UNITEDSTATES | 12 | Country that will host the 2028 Olympics . . . and a collective description of the letter pair abbreviations in the starred clues' answers |
| 44% | NOR | 3 | Country that takes a lot of medals in the Winter Olympics: Abbr. |
| 43% | USA | 3 | Host nation of the 2028 Olympics |
| 43% | SWEDEN | 6 | Country that was defeated in its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics |