| 100% | MCHALE | 6 | Celtic Kevin with a retired jersey #32 |
| 42% | MELOTT | 6 | 1920s-'40s baseballer with a retired "4" |
| 40% | COWS | 4 | Animals with a Jersey variety |
| 40% | AUNT | 4 | Woman with a 32-Down |
| 39% | SKAT | 4 | Game with a 32-card deck |
| 39% | EUCHRE | 6 | Game with a 32-card deck |
| 39% | ECARTE | 6 | Game with a 32-card deck |
| 39% | XXXX | 4 | Game played with a 32-card deck |
| 39% | ORR | 3 | Bobby with a #4 jersey |
| 38% | MAYS | 4 | Giant with the retired jersey #24 |
| 38% | LAKER | 5 | NBA player with a purple-and-gold jersey |
| 38% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | Artist with a record 32 American Music Awards |
| 38% | DENTAL | 6 | With 32-Down, a drugstore purchase |
| 38% | ONE | 3 | With 32-Across, a ball game |
| 37% | NIELS | 5 | Nobelist Bohr with a 32-Across named for him |
| 37% | ELIOT | 5 | With 105-Across, a Kevin Costner role |
| 37% | THREEGUYSWALKED | 15 | With 32-Across, a hackneyed joke start |
| 37% | ROSE | 4 | With 32-Down, followed a career ladder |
| 36% | YOU | 3 | With 32-Across, a 1983 Lionel Richie hit |
| 36% | PICQUET | 7 | A game for two played with 32 cards |
| 36% | ZONK | 4 | Fall into a 32-Across, with "out" |
| 35% | NINE | 4 | U.S. highway with a ferry connection between Delaware and New Jersey |
| 35% | FINDINGNEMO | 11 | 2003 animated film … with a hint to 17-, 32- and 41-Across |
| 35% | POOL | 4 | With 32-Down, it's used in a rebound shot |
| 35% | MAGNA | 5 | With "cum" and 32-Down, a diploma phrase |
| 35% | AVON | 4 | River in England with a name that translates to "river" in Celtic language |
| 34% | HEROES | 6 | With 32-Across, miniseries that continues a 2006-2010 NBC show |
| 34% | GODS | 4 | With 32-Across, 2018 Drake hit that references a higher power |
| 34% | PELE | 4 | Sports star with a signed jersey in the Vatican |
| 34% | JOHN | 4 | With 32-Across, "SmackDown" superstar who's also a rapper and actor |