| 100% | BAYLORBEARS | 11 | College team 15-/18-Across played for: 2 wds. |
| 74% | MIAMIMARLINS | 12 | Florida team that 18-Across plays for: 2 wds. |
| 68% | DETROITTIGERS | 13 | Team that 15-Across plays for: 2 wds. |
| 68% | PHOENIXMERCURY | 14 | Team that 18-Across has played with for her whole career: 2 wds. |
| 66% | DALLASCOWBOYS | 13 | Team for which 18-Across plays: 2 wds. |
| 66% | TROJANS | 7 | College team that 18-Across played for |
| 61% | NEWYORKJETS | 11 | NFL team that 18-Across plays for: 3 wds. |
| 59% | HOUSTONCOMETS | 13 | WNBA team that 15- and 30-Across played for: 2 wds. |
| 55% | TEXASRANGERS | 12 | Team that 27-Across played for before the Yankees: 2 wds. |
| 51% | PHOENIXMERCURY | 14 | Arizona-based WNBA champions that 16-Across plays for: 2 wds. |
| 51% | COLORADOSTATE | 13 | Fort Collins school where 18-Across played college hoops: 2 wds. |
| 51% | CHICAGOCUBS | 11 | Team for which 25-/35-Across played: 2 wds. |
| 50% | OREGONDUCKS | 11 | College team of 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | IANKINSLER | 10 | Four-time Rangers and Tigers All-Star who played for and managed Israel's national team: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MILWAUKEEBUCKS | 14 | Wisconsin NBA team for which 19-Across plays: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BAYPACKERS | 10 | The Green ___, NFL team where 18-Across spent the majority of his playing career: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ROCKETS | 7 | 15-Across's NBA team, for which Yao Ming played |
| 47% | ASTROS | 6 | 15-Across's MLB team, for which Jeff Bagwell played |
| 47% | DYNAMO | 6 | 15-Across's MLS team, for which Brad Davis played |
| 47% | TEXANS | 6 | 15-Across's NFL team, for which Andre Johnson played |
| 46% | ELLENPOMPEO | 11 | Actress who plays the doctor for whom 18-Across is named (2 wds.) |
| 46% | CELEBRITYCHEF | 13 | 18-Across, for one: 2 wds. |
| 45% | NEWYORKYANKEES | 14 | 19-Across played 19 seasons for this Big Apple team: 3 wds. |
| 45% | JIMTHORPE | 9 | American athlete who has won Olympic gold medals in pentathlon and decathlon and also played for an NFL and an MLB team: 2 wds. |
| 44% | DETROITTIGERS | 13 | 15-Across' team: 2 wds. |
| 43% | PULITZERPRIZE | 13 | Award won by 18-Across for "Beloved" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | LADYVOLS | 8 | 15-Across team nickname: 2 wds. |
| 43% | NATHANFILLION | 13 | He played 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | THEGREATEST | 11 | Nickname for 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SETUP | 5 | Play matchmaker for: 2 wds. |