| 100% | PHOENIXMERCURY | 14 | Arizona-based WNBA champions that 16-Across plays for: 2 wds. |
| 57% | HOUSTONCOMETS | 13 | WNBA team that 15- and 30-Across played for: 2 wds. |
| 48% | DETROITTIGERS | 13 | Team that 15-Across plays for: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MIAMIMARLINS | 12 | Florida team that 18-Across plays for: 2 wds. |
| 46% | TEXASRANGERS | 12 | Team that 27-Across played for before the Yankees: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BAYLOR | 6 | Texas university that 16-Across played for |
| 44% | INDIANAFEVER | 12 | 2012 WNBA champions named for high body temperature: 2 wds. |
| 44% | CLIPPERS | 8 | Los Angeles team that 16-Across plays for |
| 43% | BAYLORBEARS | 11 | College team 15-/18-Across played for: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SEATTLESTORM | 12 | 2004 and 2010 WNBA champions named for a weather event: 2 wds. |
| 43% | MINNESOTALYNX | 13 | 2011, 2013, and 2015 WNBA champions named for a big cat: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HORNETS | 7 | New Orleans team that 16-Across used to play for |
| 37% | PHOENIXMERCURY | 14 | Team that 18-Across has played with for her whole career: 2 wds. |
| 36% | NEWYORKJETS | 11 | NFL team that 18-Across plays for: 3 wds. |
| 36% | WINNIECOOPER | 12 | 16-Across role for 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ANIMALWELFARE | 13 | Cause that 15-Across advocates for: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SETUP | 5 | Play matchmaker for: 2 wds. |
| 35% | LALAKERS | 8 | LeBron James has played for them since 2018: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 34% | DENVERPYLE | 10 | TV actor known for playing 16-Across and 33-Across who would have turned 100 years old in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | KEITHEMERSON | 12 | Keyboard legend who played for the rock band The Nice: 2 wds. |
| 34% | STEVEKERR | 9 | Golden State Warriors coach who played for the Chicago Bulls: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DALLASCOWBOYS | 13 | Team for which 18-Across plays: 2 wds. |
| 34% | FIRSTBASEMAN | 12 | Position that Steve Pearce plays: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TOHELLWITHIT | 12 | 2021 mixtape by 16-Across that with the hit singles "Just for Me," "Pain," "Passion," and 26-Across (4 wds.) |
| 33% | FASTBREAK | 9 | Play often run by 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SEATTLESTORM | 12 | 2020 WNBA champions (2 wds.) |
| 33% | RAMBLINGROSE | 12 | 1991 drama starring 16-Across and 39-Across that is the only film to have a mother and daughter both nominated for an Oscar for the same film (2 wds.) |
| 33% | BODYSPRAY | 9 | Product that Axe is known for: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MARCUSMARIOTA | 13 | 2014 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from Oregon who plays for the Tennessee Titans: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MICKEYMANTLE | 12 | Superstar Hall-of-Famer who played for the Yankees from 1951 to 1968: 2 wds. |