| 100% | RASPBERRY | 9 | ___ Rally (Girl Scout cookie flavor announced in 2022) |
| 100% | OSU | 3 | Big Ten school in Columbus: Abbr. |
| 98% | RAT | 3 | ___ czar (New York City government position announced in 2022) |
| 98% | MSU | 3 | Big Ten school in East Lansing: Abbr. |
| 96% | UCLA | 4 | New Big Ten school in 2024 |
| 94% | TERPS | 5 | They joined the Big Ten in '14 |
| 93% | PSU | 3 | Big Ten sch. whose main campus is in Happy Valley |
| 93% | OSU | 3 | The Buckeyes of the Big Ten, in brief |
| 93% | MSU | 3 | The Spartans of the Big Ten, in brief |
| 93% | UCLA | 4 | Sch. moving to the Big Ten in 2024 |
| 93% | UCLA | 4 | Sch. that joined the Big Ten in 2024 |
| 90% | NOAH | 4 | Comedian Trevor who announced in 2022 that he will be leaving "The Daily Show" |
| 89% | UCLA | 4 | Team that signed to join the Big Ten in 2024 |
| 89% | SAYSPRESTO | 10 | Announces the big reveal in a magic act |
| 88% | UCLA | 4 | Sch. leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten in 2024 |
| 83% | REDSEA | 6 | What has a big part in "The Ten Commandments"? |
| 82% | UCLA | 4 | School that's leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten in 2024: Abbr. |
| 81% | PSU | 3 | Sch. in the Big Ten |
| 80% | BARTY | 5 | Ashleigh ___, Australian tennis player who announced her retirement in March 2022 |
| 80% | CRAWFORD | 8 | Jamal ___, American basketball player who announced his retirement in March 2022 |
| 80% | LESTER | 6 | Jon ___, American baseball player who announced his retirement in January 2022 |
| 80% | OHIOSTATE | 9 | Big Ten East football team who played the University of Washington in the 2019 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 78% | RASK | 4 | Tuukka ___, Finnish ice hockey player who announced his retirement in February 2022 |
| 77% | XXXX | 4 | School in football's Big Ten |
| 77% | EOIN | 4 | ___ Morgan, British cricketer who announced his retirement from international cricket in June 2022 |
| 75% | OSU | 3 | Mich. rival in the Big Ten |
| 75% | DEBT | 4 | Student ___ (subject of a forgiveness plan announced by the Biden Administration in August, 2022) |
| 75% | IOWA | 4 | Big Ten school |
| 75% | OSU | 3 | Big Ten inits. |
| 75% | OSU | 3 | Big Ten sch. |