| 100% | BRET | 4 | Four-time Gold Glove winner Boone whose father and grandfather also played in the MLB |
| 34% | PENA | 4 | Catcher Tony who won the MLB Gold Glove Award four times |
| 34% | ALOMAR | 6 | 10-time Gold Glove winner of the 1990s and 2000s |
| 33% | BRET | 4 | Four-time Gold Glove Award winner Boone |
| 31% | MICHAELPENA | 11 | "Ant-Man" actor who plays Dora's father in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold": 2 wds. |
| 30% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 29% | STEVE | 5 | Four-time Gold Glove winner Garvey |
| 28% | ROSE | 4 | Pete ___, former baseball player who is the all-time MLB leader in hits and number of games played |
| 28% | ROBERTOCLEMENTE | 15 | Twelve-time Gold Glove winner and 1971 World Series M.V.P. |
| 27% | CHASEHEADLEY | 12 | Yankees third baseman who, in 2012, won a Gold Glove, a Silver Slugger Award and was also the NL RBI leader, playing for the Padres : 2 wds. |
| 27% | ERIC | 4 | Four-time Gold Glove Award winner Hosmer |
| 27% | STATELINES | 10 | Borders represented four times in this puzzle — both in the grid and on a map |
| 27% | BESIDES | 7 | Also ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 27% | LOVE | 4 | Kevin ___, Cleveland Cavaliers center whose father Stan played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the '70s |
| 27% | STANLEYTUCCI | 12 | Two time Emmy winner for his films "Winchell" and "Monk", who plays the role of Merlin, in 30a : 2 wds. |
| 27% | DEVIN | 5 | ___ Booker, Phoenix Suns shooting guard whose father Melvin Booker played for the Golden State Warriors in 1997 |
| 26% | SAYONARA | 8 | Song played in the first and last episodes of "M*A*S*H" that's also called the "Japanese 32-Across Song" |
| 26% | KLAY | 4 | ___ Thompson, Golden State Warriors shooting guard whose father Mychal played for the Portland Trail Blazers in the '80s |
| 26% | BARRY | 5 | Brent ___, former San Antonio Spurs player whose father Rick played for the Golden State Warriors in the '70s |
| 26% | STEPHEN | 7 | ___ Curry, Golden State Warriors point guard whose father Dell Curry played for the Charlotte Hornets in the '90s |
| 26% | CHUCKCONNORS | 12 | Actor who was one of only 13 athletes to play in both the NBA and the MLB (2 wds.) |
| 26% | EVA | 3 | Actress Longoria who plays Dora's mother in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" |
| 26% | ROREM | 5 | Ned, who composed "Air Music: Ten Etudes for Orchestra", first played in '75 and winner of the Pulitzer in '76 |
| 26% | OWENS | 5 | Four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympics |
| 25% | OWENS | 5 | Winner of four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics |
| 25% | TIMOTHYHUTTON | 13 | "Ordinary People" Oscar winner who plays the father of 50-Across in a 2020 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 25% | JUSTINBALDONI | 13 | Former "The Bold and the Beautiful" actor who plays an accidental father in 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 25% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | "Thor: Love and Thunder" actor who plays Kraven's father Nikolai in "Kraven the Hunter": 2 wds. |
| 25% | EDWARDNORTON | 12 | "Fight Club" actor who plays Lionel Essrog in "Motherless Brooklyn" and also directed the film: 2 wds. |
| 25% | EVALONGORIA | 11 | "Overboard" actress who plays Dora's mother in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold": 2 wds. |