| 100% | MEN | 3 | Cardinals and popes |
| 75% | MEN | 3 | Popes and cardinals, but not nuns |
| 55% | SKULLCAP | 8 | Accessory for rabbis and popes |
| 55% | NFC | 3 | Org. for Cardinals and Saints |
| 55% | NFL | 3 | Org. for Cardinals and Ravens |
| 53% | EMINENCES | 9 | Popes and the like |
| 53% | ICONS | 5 | Pope Francis and others |
| 51% | BIRDS | 5 | Orioles and cardinals |
| 51% | REDS | 4 | Carmine and cardinal |
| 50% | TEAMS | 5 | Eagles, Falcons and Cardinals |
| 49% | STLOUIS | 7 | Home of the Cardinals and the Rams: 2 wds. |
| 49% | BORGIA | 6 | Pope and poisons in Italian Renaissance family |
| 47% | BIRDS | 5 | Blue jays and cardinals, for example |
| 45% | CONCLAVE | 8 | Meeting of cardinals to elect a new pope |
| 45% | STL | 3 | City of the Blues and the Cardinals: Abbr. |
| 43% | INNOCENT | 8 | Name chosen by 13 popes, meaning harmless and pure |
| 43% | LAW | 3 | "The Young Pope" and "The New Pope" actor Jude |
| 43% | FOOLSRUSHIN | 11 | With 36- and 59-Across, words of Alexander Pope |
| 42% | NFCWEST | 7 | Division with the 49ers, Cardinals, Rams, and Seahawks: 2 wds. |
| 41% | CONCLAVE | 8 | Gathering of cardinals that elected Pope Francis on 3/13/13 |
| 40% | MEDICI | 6 | Family name of Pope Leo X, Leo XI and Clement VII |
| 39% | ENOSSLAUGHTER | 13 | After the 1946 World Series, the dugout was filled with the Cardinals and their happy sounds, including ___ |
| 38% | ADRIANI | 7 | Pope with the longest reign between St. Peter and Pius VI (A.D. 67-1799) |
| 36% | SCOTS | 5 | Language in which the first four cardinal numbers are ane, twa, three and fower |
| 35% | STANMUSIAL | 10 | MLB player nicknamed "The Man" who played for St. Louis Cardinals and has a statue outside Busch Stadium: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BRUCESUTTER | 11 | Relief pitcher with the Cubs, Cardinals, and Braves, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006: 2 wds. |
| 33% | REDBIRDS | 8 | Cardinals |
| 33% | BISHOPOFROME | 12 | Pope |
| 33% | RED | 3 | Cardinal |
| 33% | BASIC | 5 | Cardinal |