| 100% | HOMERUN | 7 | Baseball play where a batter can circle the bases and reach the home plate safely: 2 wds. |
| 37% | HIT | 3 | Baseball statistic for when a batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into the field |
| 33% | WRIGLEYFIELD | 12 | Baseball stadium where the 40-Across played home games from 1922 to 1970 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | MANDYMOORE | 10 | "I See the Light" singer who voiced Tabitha Vixx in "The Simpsons" episode, "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play": 2 wds. |
| 32% | DOUBLE | 6 | Hit where a batter reaches second base in baseball |
| 32% | STAPLESCENTER | 13 | Where the Lakers play their home games: 2 wds. |
| 30% | TEXASTECH | 9 | University where 33-Across played both football and baseball: 2 wds. |
| 30% | DWIGHTSCHRUTE | 13 | A character from "The Office" played by Rainn Wilson, who is the nemesis and eventual friend of 42a: 2 wds |
| 30% | OUTFIELD | 8 | Area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting first, second and third bases |
| 29% | BABERUTH | 8 | Slugger of 714 homers, and a charter member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: 2 wds. |
| 29% | NOHIT | 5 | A game in baseball when the opposing team fails to record a single base hit: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ERNIEBANKS | 10 | Negro Leaguer who played first base and shortstop for the Cubs (1953-1971): 2 wds. |
| 29% | WALK | 4 | Baseball play when a batter is awarded first base after receiving four "balls" |
| 29% | JEFFDANIELS | 11 | Actor who won a 2013 Emmy for playing Will McAvoy, the anchor and managing editor on 37-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | LESLIENIELSEN | 13 | "Airplane!" actor who played a vampire in the comedy "Dracula: Dead and Loving It": 2 wds. |
| 29% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | TONYDANZA | 9 | "The Good Cop" actor who played a former pro baseball player on "Who's the Boss?": 2 wds. |
| 29% | GLORIASTEINEM | 13 | Feminist journalist played by 15-Across and Alicia Vikander in a 2020 biopic based on the memoir "My Life on the Road" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | JIMABBOTT | 9 | One-handed Yankees pitcher who threw a no-hitter in 1993 and never played in the minor leagues: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BUNTS | 5 | Offensive plays in baseball where the batter intentionally holds the bat loosely and taps the ball into play |
| 28% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1982 film where Kevin Kline and a Holocaust survivor played by Meryl Streep are a couple: 2 wds. |
| 28% | LIONKING | 8 | Musical based on a Disney film, "The ___" is Broadway's third longest-running show and the highest grossing production: 2 wds. |
| 28% | BOJACKSON | 9 | Los Angeles Raiders running back who played Major League Baseball for the Royals, White Sox, and Angels: 2 wds. |
| 28% | KEITHRICHARDS | 13 | Rolling Stones guitarist who played a pirate in the third and fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" films: 2 wds. |
| 28% | IHOP | 4 | Where a batter eventually goes to the plate? |
| 28% | TROTS | 5 | Circles the bases after a home run, say |
| 28% | JERRYSEINFELD | 13 | The lead character from "Seinfeld", who is a semi-fictional version of the actor who plays the role and goes by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 28% | EMMATHOMPSON | 12 | Actress who plays the protagonist in "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang," which is based on the "Nurse Matilda" books: 2 wds. |
| 28% | THEGRADUATE | 11 | 1967 romantic comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft based on a Charles Webb novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 28% | WRIGLEYFIELD | 12 | Where the MLB's Chicago Cubs play home games (2 wds.) |