| 100% | GATORS | 6 | College team whose fight song is "The Orange and Blue" |
| 54% | METS | 4 | Team whose colors are blue and orange |
| 52% | METS | 4 | New York baseball team whose uniforms are blue and orange |
| 41% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast college whose colors are blue and gold: Abbr. |
| 40% | UTEP | 4 | Sch. whose fight song is "Miners Fight" |
| 40% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school whose team colors are "true blue" and gold: Abbr. |
| 40% | SYRACUSE | 8 | New York university whose teams are the Orange |
| 39% | NILE | 4 | River whose tributaries are the Blue and the White |
| 39% | UTAHUTES | 8 | College football team whose stadium hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics opening and closing ceremonies |
| 38% | NFL | 3 | Group whose Ohio teams are the Bengals and the Browns: Abbr. |
| 38% | SYRACUSE | 8 | School whose teams are called The Orange |
| 38% | DEVILS | 6 | Team whose home ice is the Prudential Center |
| 37% | UTES | 4 | College team whose mascot is a red-tailed hawk named Swoop |
| 37% | ILLINI | 6 | College team whose name is its home state minus two letters |
| 37% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast college whose teams are the Bruins: Abbr. |
| 37% | SIENA | 5 | College near Albany whose sports teams are the Saints |
| 37% | HOTTOGO | 7 | Chappell Roan song whose title is spelled out before the lyric "Snap and clap and touch your toes" |
| 37% | LALALAND | 8 | 2016 movie musical whose songs' lyrics were written by the same composing team as 16-Across: 3 wds. |
| 37% | PISTONS | 7 | Team whose home arena is the Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 37% | LSU | 3 | Baton Rouge school whose teams are the Fighting Tigers: Abbr. |
| 37% | HATTRICK | 8 | Sports feat whose "Gordie Howe" variant is collecting a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game |
| 37% | TOP | 3 | ZZ ___, band with the song "Gimme All Your Lovin'" whose name was inspired by ZZ King and BB Hill |
| 36% | UVEA | 4 | Part of your anatomy that makes your blue eyes blue and whose name is derived from the Latin for "grape" |
| 36% | PHILLIES | 8 | MLB team whose mascot is the Phanatic |
| 36% | PRIMARY | 7 | Red, yellow, and blue are the __ colors |
| 36% | ORE | 3 | State whose Pac-10 teams are the Ducks and the Beavers: Abbr. |
| 36% | HAPPY | 5 | 2011 song by Pharrell Williams whose title is also a word for being joyful and describes the emotion behind a smile |
| 35% | SUEDE | 5 | "Blue ___ Shoes" (1956 song that was one of the first rock and roll records) |
| 35% | NATS | 4 | Baseball team whose mascot is Screech the eagle, familiarly |
| 35% | REDSOX | 6 | Baseball team whose mascot is Wally the Green Monster |