| 100% | PAIRS | 5 | Competition category in bridge and skating |
| 43% | CASTIRON | 8 | Strong metal alloy used in bridges and cookware |
| 42% | PAIRS | 5 | Skating competition category |
| 38% | THREELEGGEDRACE | 15 | Competition that starts and finishes in a tie |
| 38% | DANCEOFFS | 9 | Competitions in "Step Up" and "You Got Served" |
| 38% | TRIPLEAXEL | 10 | Skating feat first performed in competition by Vern Taylor |
| 37% | SFPD | 4 | Org. in "Nash Bridges" and "Ironside" |
| 36% | SODAS | 5 | CRUSH, SPRITE, SQUIRT and STARRY, in a Connections category |
| 36% | NECKANDNECK | 11 | How Goldin and her rivals finish in photography competitions? |
| 36% | MOTORSPORTS | 11 | Category of competitions that includes Nascar, demolition derbies, and go-kart races |
| 35% | FLOODWATERGATE | 14 | It may wash out bridges and embankments (as in this puzzle) + Onetime White House scandal |
| 34% | ALY | 3 | Gymnast ___ Raisman, 2012 gold medal Olympian in the team and floor competitions |
| 34% | FRUCTIDOR | 9 | Twelfth month in the French Republican Calendar that bridged August and September |
| 34% | TENACE | 6 | In bridge, a holding of two non-consecutive high cards of a suit, such as the ace and queen |
| 33% | AXEL | 4 | Required element in many figure skating competitions |
| 32% | SLUFF | 5 | Ruff-and-___ (term in bridge) |
| 32% | LEGOMASTERS | 11 | "It's time to say your goodbyes and turn in your minifigs" competition show |
| 32% | POLE | 4 | 2020 Olympic even won by Armand Duplantis and Katie Nageotte in their respective competitions |
| 32% | POLEVAULT | 9 | 2020 Olympic event won by Armand Duplantis and Katie Moon in their respective competitions |
| 32% | GENRE | 5 | Category in iTunes |
| 32% | BEAUS | 5 | Bridges and others |
| 32% | GENERA | 6 | Categories in biology |
| 32% | FANTASYLEAGUE | 13 | Contrived competition ... and what the 109-Across comprise in this puzzle? |
| 32% | ENGINEERS | 9 | Bridge and highway designers |
| 32% | EVENT | 5 | Category in the Olympics |
| 32% | MINERAL | 7 | Category in "20 Questions" |
| 31% | ESC | 3 | Competition that Loreen won in 2023 and 2012 (Abbr.) |
| 31% | PAULNEWMAN | 10 | Joanne Woodward's real-life husband and on-screen husband in "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge": 2 wds. |
| 31% | POLEVAULT | 9 | 2016 Olympic event won by Thiago Braz da Silva and Katerina Stefanidi in their respective competitions |
| 31% | HIGHJUMP | 8 | 2012 Olympics individual field event won by Ivan Ukhov and Anna Chicherova in their respective competitions |