| 100% | TEAMUSA | 7 | Group for the "Final Five," in 2016 |
| 69% | RIO | 3 | Where the Final Five competed in 2016, casually |
| 58% | QUARESMA | 8 | Ricardo —, Besiktas winger who replaced Cristiano Ronaldo for Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final |
| 56% | RPG | 3 | Genre for the Final Fantasy series, in brief |
| 55% | TOMB | 4 | Setting for the final scene in "Aida" |
| 54% | LOUISVUITTON | 12 | Fashion house that collaborated with the Final Fantasy XIII video game franchise in 2016 to create a new look for the heroine Lightning (2 wds.) |
| 53% | AROD | 4 | DH for the Yanks in 2015 and 2016 |
| 52% | ENDGAME | 7 | Final outing for hero group The Avengers |
| 52% | GROOMERS | 8 | Service providers needed for the five pets in this puzzle |
| 51% | USPOSTAGE | 9 | It fell in 2016 for the first time since 1919 |
| 51% | TEAM | 4 | Group in the NFL or NHL, for example |
| 50% | JODECI | 6 | Group with five #1 R&B hits in the 1990s |
| 50% | INFO | 4 | What the final letter in 1 Across stands for, casually |
| 50% | KYRIE | 5 | Teammate of LeBron in the 2016 NBA Finals |
| 50% | ETS | 3 | Figures in the 2016 film "Arrival," for short |
| 49% | TYRONNLUE | 9 | NBA coach for the Cavaliers who won the championship in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ENT | 3 | Specialist in three of the five senses, for short |
| 49% | RYAN | 4 | ___ Russell, queer footballer who played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2016 and 2017 |
| 48% | MIST | 4 | Sigourney Weaver's "Gorillas in the ___", nominated for five Oscars |
| 48% | FACTION | 7 | One of the five groups in Roth's Divergent series |
| 48% | ESTREETBAND | 11 | Longtime backing group for the Boss inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014: 3 wds. |
| 48% | PHILISTIA | 9 | Group of five cities comprising the land of the Philistines in the Bible |
| 48% | MENSA | 5 | Group for the brainy |
| 48% | JILL | 4 | The Green Party's Stein who ran for president in 2012 and 2016 |
| 48% | FRAT | 4 | Campus group such as the Deltas in "Animal House," for short |
| 47% | MENSA | 5 | Group for the smart set |
| 47% | MENSA | 5 | Group for the super smart |
| 47% | LGBT | 4 | Like the group you're in if you're out, for short |
| 47% | TIMRAINES | 9 | Outfielder for the Expos and five other teams in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s: 2 wds. |
| 46% | EFTA | 4 | Acronym for the trading group established in Europe in 1960 whose members now include Iceland and Norway |