| 100% | MAV | 3 | Dallas basketball team playing in 3-Down, for short |
| 46% | BOSTONREDSOX | 12 | MLB team that Steve Pearce played for in 2018: 3 wds. |
| 43% | MAV | 3 | Dallas basketball player, for short |
| 43% | MAV | 3 | Dallas basketball pro, for short |
| 42% | CAVS | 4 | Cleveland basketball team, for short |
| 41% | SIXER | 5 | Member of a Philadelphia basketball team, for short |
| 41% | NFL | 3 | Lions play in it, for short |
| 41% | SAXES | 5 | Woodwind instruments played in jazz combos, for short |
| 40% | MAV | 3 | Dallas NBA team, for short |
| 40% | MAVS | 4 | Dallas NBA team, for short |
| 40% | MLB | 3 | Card games are played in it, for short |
| 40% | MAV | 3 | Dallas NBA team member, for short |
| 40% | UKE | 3 | Stringed instrument played in Hawaii, for short |
| 40% | OPRY | 4 | Place to play in Nashville, for short |
| 39% | YANKS | 5 | Team in pinstripes, for short |
| 39% | MGR | 3 | Team in charge, for short |
| 39% | MAVS | 4 | Dallas team, for short |
| 39% | TDS | 3 | Six-point plays in football, for short |
| 39% | FGS | 3 | Three-point plays in football, for short |
| 38% | UMP | 3 | Official who rules on plays in tennis or baseball, for short |
| 37% | NFC | 3 | Dallas is in it, for short |
| 37% | NEWYORKJETS | 11 | NFL team that 18-Across plays for: 3 wds. |
| 37% | TIGERS | 6 | Detroit team that 14-Across played for in 2008 |
| 36% | NBA | 3 | Professional basketball in US, for short |
| 36% | LIN | 3 | Jeremy who played for eight different NBA teams in the 2010s |
| 36% | MAVS | 4 | Nickname for the basketball team from Dallas |
| 36% | SAC | 3 | ___ fly (runner-advancing play in baseball, for short) |
| 35% | NEWYORKYANKEES | 14 | 19-Across played 19 seasons for this Big Apple team: 3 wds. |
| 35% | GIANTS | 6 | San Francisco team that 14-Across played for in 2009 and 2010 |
| 35% | BBALL | 5 | A casual name for the sport played by teams in 16a: Hyph. |