| 100% | ANNMEYERS | 9 | First female to sign with a 103-Down team |
| 58% | KAZMATSUI | 9 | First Japanese infielder to sign with a major-league team, familiarly |
| 45% | TURNPRO | 7 | Sign with a team, perhaps |
| 45% | YDS | 3 | A football team has to gain ten of them for a first down: Abbr. |
| 43% | DELAWARE | 8 | First Indian tribe to sign a treaty with the U.S. government |
| 43% | ITO | 3 | First female to land a triple axel in competition |
| 42% | MEYERS | 6 | Ann ___, first woman to sign with the N.B.A. |
| 41% | AGENT | 5 | Free ___ (athlete who's eligible to sign with other teams) |
| 41% | PEN | 3 | Tool to sign a name with |
| 41% | PEN | 3 | Something to sign a contract with |
| 41% | PEN | 3 | What to sign a contract with |
| 41% | PEN | 3 | Something to sign a form with |
| 39% | PEN | 3 | What to sign a credit card slip with |
| 39% | LEBRON | 6 | First name of a basketball player who recently signed with a new team |
| 39% | ROBYN | 5 | ___ Smith, first female jockey to win a major race |
| 39% | RIGHTTURN | 9 | With 55-Down, sign at some corners, and a hint to four places in this grid |
| 39% | ITO | 3 | First female skater to land a triple/triple jump combination in competition |
| 39% | MIDORIITO | 9 | First female figure skater to land a triple axel in competition [1998] |
| 38% | DEBUTANTE | 9 | Female making first appearance for a sports team |
| 38% | URANUS | 6 | First planet to be identified with a telescope |
| 38% | BRIDAL | 6 | Having to do with a groom's female partner |
| 38% | CARDINALASIANS | 14 | Far Easterners signed to a St. Louis ball team? |
| 37% | ADELE | 5 | First female singer to have three simultaneous top 10 hits as a lead artist |
| 37% | MCLYTE | 6 | First solo female rapper to release a full album (1988) |
| 37% | NAMU | 4 | First killer whale to perform with a human |
| 37% | ISWEAR | 6 | A promise not to, with 2 Down |
| 37% | ANN | 3 | ___ Petry, first female African-American writer with a million-selling novel ("The Street") |
| 37% | MALL | 4 | Starcourt ___, Hawkins' shopping center with a secret underground entry to the Upside Down |
| 37% | NETS | 4 | N.B.A. team that recently agreed to its first trade with the Knicks in over 40 years |
| 36% | ASTROS | 6 | First MLB team with a domed stadium |