| 100% | DURANT | 6 | Four-time N.B.A. scoring champion in the 2010s |
| 57% | OILERS | 6 | Four-time N.H.L. champions in the 1980's |
| 56% | MVP | 3 | Award won four times in the W.N.B.A. by A'ja Wilson |
| 53% | JAMAL | 5 | ___ Crawford, the N.B.A.'s all-time leader in four-point plays |
| 49% | STATELINES | 10 | Borders represented four times in this puzzle — both in the grid and on a map |
| 47% | SANS | 4 | Word repeated four times in the last line of Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage" speech |
| 47% | ALLSTARBREAK | 12 | "Time out" in the N.B.A. |
| 45% | QID | 3 | Four times a day, in prescriptions |
| 45% | TDS | 3 | Six-pointers scored four times in the 2024 Super Bowl (Abbr.) |
| 45% | ONEAL | 5 | 7'1" four-time N.B.A. champion |
| 44% | QID | 3 | Four times a day, in an Rx |
| 44% | ARNOLDPALMER | 12 | Four-time Masters champion who designed the Aviara Golf Club in California: 2 wds. |
| 44% | GEORGEMASON | 11 | University that scored a string of huge upsets in 2006 when it reached the NCAA Final Four: 2 wds. |
| 44% | QID | 3 | Four times a day, in an Rx: Abbr. |
| 43% | DRJ | 3 | N.B.A. star who started in the A.B.A. |
| 43% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 43% | SPURS | 5 | N.B.A. champions in 2005, 2007 and 2014 |
| 43% | BRYANTROTTIER | 13 | Hockey Hall of Famer who scored 5 goals in a single game two times for the New York Islanders: 2 wds. |
| 43% | GARBO | 5 | Four-time Oscar nominee (never a winner) in the 1930s |
| 43% | SHAQ | 4 | N.B.A. star in the '96 film "Kazaam" |
| 42% | NOR | 3 | Word appearing four times in the Fifth Amendment |
| 42% | OCTET | 5 | Group four times the size of a duo |
| 42% | AGED | 4 | Kept in the cellar for a long time |
| 42% | WIDTH | 5 | The B in AxBxC, at times |
| 42% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname in the N.B.A. |
| 42% | SHAQ | 4 | Nickname in the N.B.A. |
| 42% | TOTAL | 5 | The "c" in a + b = c |
| 42% | DIANA | 5 | Taurasi who leads the W.N.B.A. in career scoring |
| 42% | OUR | 3 | Word said four times in the Lord's Prayer |
| 42% | MISTAKE | 7 | Word repeated four times in a James Figurine album |