| 100% | EAST | 4 | All-Star team, with "the" |
| 80% | EAST | 4 | One team in the N.B.A. All-Star Game, with "the" |
| 77% | ANAGRAMSOFNATIONNAMES | 21 | What the answers to the starred clues all start with |
| 76% | OFFENSE | 7 | Team with the football |
| 75% | KELLIEPICKLER | 13 | "American Idol" contestant who teamed with Derek Hough in winning "Dancing with the Stars": 2 wds. |
| 75% | LIONS | 5 | Team with the mascot Roary |
| 74% | OFFENSE | 7 | Team with the ball, in football |
| 73% | STEELERS | 8 | Team with the most Super Bowl victories |
| 72% | YANKEES | 7 | Team with the most World Series victories (27) |
| 71% | EAGLES | 6 | NFL team with the mascot Swoop |
| 71% | INDIANS | 7 | Team with the longest World Series drought (71 years) |
| 70% | STL | 3 | NL team with the most WS wins |
| 70% | OFFENSE | 7 | The team with the ball |
| 70% | TOPS | 4 | With the giant letter formed by the black squares immediately above this answer, what the answers to the starred clues all literally have |
| 69% | SZA | 3 | "All the Stars" one-named singer with Kendrick Lamar |
| 69% | EAGLES | 6 | N.F.L. team with the mascot Swoop |
| 69% | PACKERS | 7 | Major pro team with the smallest home city |
| 69% | ASTRO | 5 | Concerned with the stars |
| 68% | INDIANS | 7 | Team with the longest active World Series drought (as of 2018) |
| 67% | LEO | 3 | Constellation with the star Regulus |
| 67% | ORION | 5 | Constellation with the star Betelgeuse |
| 67% | ORION | 5 | Constellation with the star Rigel |
| 67% | GABLE | 5 | "Gone With the Wind" star |
| 67% | ABC | 3 | "Dancing With the Stars" airer |
| 67% | TANGO | 5 | "Dancing With the Stars" dance |
| 67% | ABCTV | 5 | "Dancing With the Stars" airer |
| 67% | ABC | 3 | "Dancing With the Stars" network |
| 67% | ABC | 3 | ''Dancing with the Stars'' airer |
| 67% | TRIP | 4 | "Dancing with the Stars" blunder |
| 67% | GLIDE | 5 | "Dancing with the Stars" motion |