| 100% | BARCLAYSCENTER | 14 | Brooklyn arena where the 16-Across won their championship game: 2 wds. |
| 45% | STAPLESCENTER | 13 | Where the Lakers play their home games: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MSG | 3 | Arena where the New York Rangers play their home games: Abbr. |
| 40% | MSG | 3 | Arena where the New York Knicks play their home games: Abbr. |
| 38% | SANDYBRONDELLO | 14 | Head coach of the 16-Across who also led the Phoenix Mercury to their 2014 championship: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CLEVELAND | 9 | City where the team won the championship in an away game |
| 36% | SUPERBOWL | 9 | The NFL's annual championship game: 2 wds. |
| 35% | NEWYORKLIBERTY | 14 | WNBA team who won their first championship in 2024, defeating the Minnesota Lynx: 3 wds. |
| 35% | TEANECK | 7 | Town where the New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets played home games for their first year |
| 35% | ROSEBOWL | 8 | Annual NCAA championship game played on New Year's Day in 16-Across (2 wds.) |
| 35% | FANTASYSUITE | 12 | Place where the final three contestants have their overnight dates on "The Bachelor": 2 wds. |
| 34% | CRIMSONTIDE | 11 | College football team that won the BCS National Championship Game this past January: 2 wds. |
| 34% | WRIGLEYFIELD | 12 | Baseball stadium where the 40-Across played home games from 1922 to 1970 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | WRIGLEYFIELD | 12 | Where the Chicago home games were played during the 2017 National League Championship Series (2 wds.) |
| 34% | THEWEEKND | 9 | 16-Across and 34-Across singer who won the 2018 Best Urban Contemporary Album Grammy for "Starboy" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | SARAHSTOREY | 11 | British paralympian who has won 16 medals at the Paralympic games: 2 wds. |
| 33% | DODGERSTADIUM | 13 | Where the Los Angeles home games were played during the 2017 National League Championship Series (2 wds.) |
| 32% | OHIO | 4 | Where the Browns play their home games |
| 32% | CHARLIEMORTON | 13 | Winning pitcher of Game 7 of the 2017 World Series (2 wds.) |
| 31% | LASVEGAS | 8 | City that hosted the 16-/40-Across boxing match at the MGM Grand: 2 wds. |
| 31% | TAMPA | 5 | Where the NFL's Buccaneers play their home games |
| 31% | VANCOUVER | 9 | Where the NHL's Canucks play their home games |
| 31% | WRIGLEYFIELD | 12 | Where the MLB's Chicago Cubs play home games (2 wds.) |
| 31% | COMERICAPARK | 12 | Where the MLB's Detroit Tigers play home games (2 wds.) |
| 31% | ARIZONACOYOTES | 14 | Grand Canyon State team that the 16-Across replaced: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BARCLAYS | 8 | Center where the Nets play their home games |
| 31% | GABRIELLEZEVIN | 14 | 16-Across and 28-Across writer whose novel "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" won the Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Fiction in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | WAR | 3 | Game where the higher card wins |
| 31% | WORLDSERIES | 11 | Championship that 17-Across won twice, with the A's and Yankees: 2 wds. |
| 31% | SOPHIEJAQUES | 12 | Canadian hockey player at 16-Across who won the 2023 Patty Kazmaier Award for the top player in NCAA women's hockey (2 wds.) |