| 100% | AVID | 4 | Ardent, like a sports follower |
| 61% | SLEEK | 5 | Like a sports car |
| 58% | SLEEK | 5 | Streamlined, like a sports car |
| 58% | AVID | 4 | Enthusiastic, like a sports fan |
| 57% | SCORELESS | 9 | Like a sporting event that ends 0-0 |
| 57% | LIVE | 4 | Not pretaped, like a sports telecast |
| 57% | RIG | 3 | Illegally influence, like a sporting event |
| 56% | REV | 3 | Accelerate, like a sports car's motor |
| 56% | ONESIDED | 8 | Like a rout, in sports |
| 55% | RABID | 5 | Like a sports fan that's way beyond just enthusiastic |
| 55% | RIG | 3 | Predetermine the outcome of, like a sporting event |
| 55% | AVID | 4 | Ardent, like a football fan |
| 53% | FOAM | 4 | Like a finger at a sports game, perhaps |
| 53% | AVID | 4 | Passionate, like a devoted sports fan |
| 53% | AVID | 4 | Like an ardent follower |
| 52% | YEA | 3 | Opposite of nay that sounds like a sports fan's cheer |
| 52% | AVID | 4 | Intensely enthusiastic, like a rabid sports fan |
| 52% | FAN | 3 | Ardent follower of a celebrity |
| 50% | PORTIA | 6 | “The Merchant of Venice” character whose name sounds like a sports-car manufacturer |
| 50% | BLEW | 4 | Bungled, like a big lead in a sports game |
| 50% | TENSE | 5 | Like sports crowds during a close game |
| 49% | POSTGAME | 8 | Like many a sports report |
| 49% | TWODOOR | 7 | Like many a sports car |
| 49% | BIGFAN | 6 | Ardent follower of a celebrity, say: 2 wds. |
| 49% | BALIHAI | 7 | "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame" follower |
| 48% | CANOEING | 8 | Boating sport, a bit like kayaking |
| 48% | RASTA | 5 | Follower of a certain Jamaican religion, like Bob Marley |
| 47% | SKI | 3 | Compete in a winter sport, like Lindsey Vonn |
| 45% | FANSITE | 7 | Webpage set up by an ardent follower of a star |
| 43% | DEFEAT | 6 | Beat, like in a sports match |