| 100% | YDS | 3 | A football team has to gain ten of them for a first down: Abbr. |
| 58% | YDS | 3 | Ten of them are needed for a first down in football: Abbr. |
| 41% | YRS | 3 | A decade has ten of them: Abbr. |
| 37% | INCH | 4 | One of 360 for a first down |
| 36% | YRS | 3 | There are ten of them in a decade: Abbr. |
| 36% | LIVES | 5 | A cat is said to have nine of them |
| 35% | YEARS | 5 | A decade has ten of them |
| 34% | TKO | 3 | Boxing term for when a match has to be stopped because one of the fighters is unable to continue: Abbr. |
| 34% | TEXTBOOK | 8 | What a student might have to read a chapter of for homework |
| 33% | YRS | 3 | A century has 100 of them: Abbr. |
| 33% | YRS | 3 | A decade has 10 of them: Abbr. |
| 33% | JOHNMADDEN | 10 | Football player turned broadcaster who was the first one to have worked for all of the "Big Four" TV networks: 2 wds. |
| 32% | EGOS | 4 | They might have to be managed on a team |
| 32% | LIVES | 5 | A cat is said to have 60-Across of them |
| 32% | PGS | 3 | "War and Peace" has a lot of them: Abbr. |
| 31% | TENNESSEETITANS | 15 | Football team whose logo’s flames are a nod to the myth of Prometheus |
| 31% | YDS | 3 | Y. A. Tittle passed for 33,070 of them: Abbr. |
| 31% | TDS | 3 | Tom Brady threw for a record 649 of them: Abbr. |
| 31% | QUEEN | 5 | They have the Guinness distinction of Longest Running Fan Club for a Group |
| 31% | TSA | 3 | It has to deal with a lot of baggage, for short |
| 31% | LI/ONS | 6 | First N.F.L. team ever to go 0-16 for a season (2008) |
| 31% | CDS | 3 | AOL is estimated to have sent out around a billion of them |
| 31% | LBS | 3 | About 1,400 of them is the record for a human: Abbr. |
| 30% | ETA | 3 | The amount of waiting you have to do until a flight lands: Abbr. |
| 30% | EMPLOY | 6 | To give someone a job, to have them work for you |
| 30% | AMOS | 4 | First Hebrew prophet to have a biblical book named for him |
| 30% | VOLUNTEERS | 10 | University of Tennessee team whose football stadium has a capacity of over 100,000 |
| 30% | WOLVERINES | 10 | University of Michigan team whose football stadium has a capacity of over 100,000 |
| 30% | DISAPPEARINGINK | 15 | Medium for secret messages, and a hint to making sense of 12 Down answers |
| 30% | ANNE | 4 | Hall of Famer Donovan, first woman to coach a WNBA championship team |