| 100% | NLEAST | 6 | Div. that, in its first year of existence, produced a World Series champ |
| 40% | ALEAST | 6 | Div. that has produced 16 World Series champs since 1969 |
| 36% | ASHE | 4 | ___ Stadium, venue with a cushioned acrylic surface that is the largest of its type in the world |
| 36% | TIME | 4 | News magazine that runs a "Person of the Year" feature that released its first issue in 1923 |
| 35% | BEAT | 4 | "___ It," a hit single from Michael Jackson's album in 16a that won a Grammy for "Record of the Year" |
| 34% | ALFA | 4 | First in a series of 26 |
| 34% | OPENER | 6 | First in a series of events |
| 34% | OLAFI | 5 | First in a series of Norwegian kings |
| 34% | THRONES | 7 | "Game of ___," fantasy drama series that set a record for the most Emmy wins for a series in a single year in 2015 |
| 34% | DIDNT | 5 | "___ We Almost Have It All," number-one hit by Whitney Houston that received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year in 1988 |
| 33% | INTERN | 6 | Doctor in first year of training in a hospital |
| 33% | EZRA | 4 | It begins "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia ..." |
| 33% | RSE | 3 | Trading org. located in Kigali that opened in Jan., 2011 and by June of this year had a market listing of nine companies on its books |
| 32% | TWILIGHT | 8 | First book in a series of vampire novels by Stephenie Meyer |
| 32% | DRNO | 4 | First in a long series of movies |
| 32% | LEVERET | 7 | Hare in its first year |
| 32% | ALEXA | 5 | First name that declined sharply in popularity as a result of Amazon |
| 32% | IVIES | 5 | School group that's in a league of its own |
| 32% | SUDAN | 5 | Country that lost a quarter of its territory in 2011 |
| 32% | ASIA | 4 | It first hosted the FIFA World Cup — and produced its only FIFA World Cup semifinalist — in 2002 |
| 32% | KIT | 3 | First aid ___, collection of medical supplies that is commonly kept in a lab |
| 32% | OATES | 5 | Half of the duo that sang "Did It In A Minute" |
| 32% | GIANTS | 6 | Team that last won a World Series in 1954 |
| 31% | BONDS | 5 | Treasury items that in 2019 the Trump Administration considered selling with a maturity of 50 years |
| 31% | DETROITTIGERS | 13 | World Series champs of 1945 |
| 31% | GNP | 3 | Market value of all goods and services produced in a year: Abbr |
| 31% | OMAN | 4 | Country that becomes a female with a W in front of it |
| 31% | TEG | 3 | Fleece of a sheep in its second year |
| 31% | DARKOFTHEMOON | 13 | First book in a series of novels by John Sandford featuring 46-Across (4 wds.) |
| 31% | SELFIE | 6 | Picture type that Oxford Dictionaries named its "Word of the Year" in 2013 |