| 100% | RACE | 4 | Competition in "The Boys in the Boat," e.g. |
| 59% | OAR | 3 | "The Boys in the Boat" blade |
| 58% | ROWERS | 6 | Subjects of "The Boys in the Boat" |
| 57% | CREW | 4 | Sport central to "The Boys in the Boat" |
| 54% | JOELEDGERTON | 12 | "Loving" actor who plays the University of Washington rowing coach in "The Boys in the Boat" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | CALLUMTURNER | 12 | "Fantastic Beasts" actor who plays a University of Washington rower in "The Boys in the Boat" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | DEER | 4 | The yearling in The Yearling, e.g. |
| 50% | SKI | 3 | Compete in the Super G, e.g. |
| 50% | TIP | 3 | "Take the filly in the fifth," e.g. |
| 50% | NOVEL | 5 | "The Catcher in the Rye," e.g. |
| 50% | TIP | 3 | "The dapple in the eighth," e.g. |
| 49% | INN | 3 | The Green Dragon in The Lord of the Rings, e.g. |
| 49% | ATTENDEE | 8 | One in the crowd at the Oscars, e.g. |
| 49% | PROS | 4 | Athletes in the NBA or the WNBA, e.g. |
| 49% | ORB | 3 | Palantír in The Lord of the Rings, e.g. |
| 49% | GROANER | 7 | "I started a boat-building business in my attic ... Now sails are going through the roof," e.g. |
| 49% | MOTTO | 5 | The Boy Scouts' "Be Prepared," e.g. |
| 49% | LIAR | 4 | The boy who cried wolf, e.g. |
| 49% | TETRAD | 6 | The women in "Little Women," e.g. |
| 49% | MONTH | 5 | The 4 in 4/6, e.g. |
| 49% | BADGUY | 6 | The Joker in Batman movies, e.g. |
| 49% | INN | 3 | The Tabard in "Canterbury Tales," e.g. |
| 49% | SPACEJUNCTION | 13 | The cantina in "Star Wars," e.g.? |
| 49% | ANION | 5 | The chloride in sodium chloride, e.g. |
| 49% | LURE | 4 | The fly in fly-fishing, e.g. |
| 49% | OCTAD | 5 | The bits in a byte, e.g. |
| 49% | DAY | 3 | The 2 in 1/2, e.g. |
| 49% | STEPMOM | 7 | The Queen in ''Snow White,'' e.g. |
| 49% | NOODLES | 7 | The letters in alphabet soup, e.g. |
| 49% | MOLD | 4 | The blue in blue cheese, e.g. |