| 100% | DIRK | 4 | Benedict of "The A-Team" |
| 86% | STARTER | 7 | Member of the A-team |
| 84% | STEELER | 7 | Member of the A.F.C. team with most division titles |
| 81% | SLED | 4 | What a team of dogs pulls in the Iditarod |
| 81% | CARRY | 5 | Do most of the work for, as a team |
| 81% | SEED | 4 | A team's ranking at the start of the March Madness tournament |
| 80% | SLED | 4 | What a team of dogs pulls in the Iditarod race |
| 80% | MOONEDSQUAD | 11 | Team on the receiving end of a prank? |
| 79% | VAN | 3 | The A-Team's mode of transportation |
| 77% | MAT | 3 | What a team steps on at the end of an "Amazing Race" leg |
| 76% | BAYWATCH | 8 | TV series about the routine of a lifeguard team |
| 75% | ARMBAND | 7 | Worn on the sleeve of a football team's captain |
| 75% | METS | 4 | "Meet the ___" (fight song of a New York baseball team) |
| 75% | JAY | 3 | Blue bird in the name of a pro baseball team |
| 74% | TAMPABAY | 8 | Team that has a tankful of rays in the back of its ballpark |
| 74% | EXPANSION | 9 | Increase in the number of teams in a league, e.g. |
| 73% | MARINER | 7 | Member of the only M.L.B. team never to have played in a World Series |
| 73% | BASEBALL | 8 | One of the sports 15-Across played as a pro, for six seasons with three teams |
| 73% | OAR | 3 | What a member of a crew team uses to propel the boat |
| 73% | OILER | 5 | Member of a four-time Stanley Cup-winning team in the 1980s |
| 73% | OAR | 3 | Tool used by most of a rowing team, but not the coxswain |
| 73% | MODELMRT | 8 | "The A-Team" actor on the cover of GQ? |
| 72% | KORE | 4 | Moon also known as Jupiter XLIX discovered by a team from the University of Hawaii in 2003 |
| 72% | FIVE | 4 | Number of players on the court for each team in a basketball game |
| 71% | UNRANKED | 8 | Like basketball teams outside of the A.P. Top 25, say |
| 71% | ALTOONA | 7 | Home of the Curve, the Pirates' Double-A team |
| 71% | JETSTREAM | 9 | Instead of writing about a New York football team, the sports reporter showed the ___ |
| 71% | LEATHERHEADS | 12 | 2008 comedy starring George Clooney as the captain of a struggling pro football team |
| 71% | TENNESSEETITANS | 15 | Football team whose logo’s flames are a nod to the myth of Prometheus |
| 71% | INDIAN | 6 | ← Member of the only team to win this many games in a season |