| 100% | RIFLE | 5 | Firearm aimed at 17a in in the Olympics or recreational target sports |
| 42% | AXE | 3 | Projectile used in a lumberjack target sport that's aimed at 17a |
| 38% | SHOOTING | 8 | Target sport with 15 types at the Olympics |
| 35% | BOW | 3 | ___ and arrow, target sport equipment with which one aims at 17a |
| 35% | DART | 4 | Pub missile in a competitive sport that is targeted at 17a |
| 35% | SPECTATOR | 9 | A fan or someone in the crowd at a sports event |
| 34% | BASKETBALL | 10 | Sport in which Team USA won three gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics |
| 33% | SKEET | 5 | Sport in which a shotgun is used to shoot at clay targets thrown into the air |
| 32% | POLO | 4 | Sport last played in the Olympics in 1936 |
| 32% | LACROSSE | 8 | Sport not played officially in the Olympics since 1908 |
| 32% | AXEL | 4 | Double or triple feat in the Olympics |
| 32% | AHEAD | 5 | At or in the front |
| 31% | BREAKDANCE | 10 | Debut sport at the Paris Olympics, or what 16-, 22-, 36-, and 46-Across do to their circled letters |
| 31% | MEDAL | 5 | Take first, second or third, in the Olympics |
| 31% | LUGES | 5 | One- or two-person vehicles in the Olympics |
| 31% | CENTRAL | 7 | Positioned in the middle or at the focus |
| 31% | POPINJAY | 8 | The parrot aimed at in archery |
| 31% | GYMNASTICS | 10 | Sport in which Team USA won two gold medals, two silver medals, and two bronze medals at the Tokyo Olympics |
| 31% | SUMO | 4 | Popular spectator sport that's not in the Olympics |
| 30% | ULTIMATEFRISBEE | 15 | Widely played sport developed at Amherst College in the 1960s |
| 30% | LUGE | 4 | Sliding sport in the Winter Olympics |
| 30% | BREAKING | 8 | Dancing sport in the 2024 Olympics |
| 30% | REDSKY | 6 | Warning in the morning or delight at night, in a saying |
| 30% | UPPERCUT | 8 | In boxing, blow aimed at the chin from underneath |
| 30% | HANDBALL | 8 | Sport only debuted in the Summer Olympics of 1936 |
| 30% | MEDAL | 5 | Gold, silver, or bronze at the Olympics |
| 30% | BOCCE | 5 | Sport at the Special Olympics |
| 30% | EPEE | 4 | Sport in which the entire body is a valid target |
| 29% | MEDAL | 5 | Place first, second or third at the Olympics |
| 29% | MEDAL | 5 | Gold or Silver at the Olympics, e.g. |