| 100% | FLANAGAN | 8 | Bud —, member of comedy team the Crazy Gang whose partner was Chesney Allen |
| 94% | BUD | 3 | & 9A Member of comedy team the Crazy Gang whose partner was Chesney Allen |
| 56% | NERVO | 5 | Jimmy —, member of the Crazy Gang whose comedy partner was Teddy Knox |
| 39% | EAGLE | 5 | Member of the N.F.L. team whose mascot is named Swoop |
| 34% | ASTRO | 5 | Member of the M.L.B. team whose manager and G.M. were suspended and dismissed in January, 2020, due to a sign-stealing scandal |
| 33% | MILLIGAN | 8 | Spike —, writer and member of The Goons comedy team |
| 32% | NAT | 3 | Member of the baseball team that used to be the Expos, for short |
| 31% | CHAPMAN | 7 | Graham —, member of the Monty Python comedy team who died in 1989 |
| 31% | PISTONS | 7 | Team whose home arena is the Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 31% | GARDEN | 6 | Graeme —, member of The Goodies comedy team; 1963-64 president of Cambridge Footlights |
| 31% | PETER | 5 | & 5D Late singer-actor; member of The Monkees whose original surname was Thorkelson |
| 31% | PAUL | 4 | & 5D Former member of The Beatles whose debut solo album was released in 1970 |
| 30% | AZTEC | 5 | Member of a Mexican Indian people whose great empire was overthrown by Cortes in the 16th century |
| 30% | SANTACRUZ | 9 | University of California, ___ (school whose sports teams are the Banana Slugs) |
| 30% | AZTEC | 5 | Member of a Mexican Indian people whose great empire was overthrown by Hernan Cortes in the 16th-century |
| 30% | AZTEC | 5 | Member of a Mexican Indian people whose great empire was overthrown by Hernan Cortes in the 16th century |
| 29% | TENNESSEETITANS | 15 | Football team whose logo’s flames are a nod to the myth of Prometheus |
| 29% | CATS | 4 | Musical whose name is an anagram of the members of a musical |
| 28% | MILER | 5 | Member of the track team |
| 28% | CHAMPIONS | 9 | Members of the winning team |
| 28% | ALPHABET | 8 | Series whose first seven members are sung to the starts of 18-, 26-, 41- and 54-Across |
| 28% | DAPHNE | 6 | Member of the Scooby-Doo gang |
| 28% | FRED | 4 | Member of the "Scooby-Doo" gang |
| 28% | REFS | 4 | Members of the "third team," jocularly |
| 27% | ASTRO | 5 | Member of the 2017 World Series championship team |
| 27% | BLUEJAY | 7 | Member of the Toronto baseball team: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ASTRO | 5 | Member of the 2017 World Series champion team |
| 27% | PACKER | 6 | Member of the first Super Bowl-winning team |
| 27% | MYSTIC | 6 | Member of the WNBA's 2019 championship team |
| 27% | RAM | 3 | Member of the 2022 Super Bowl-winning team |